1+ hour, 17+ min ago  (485+ words) CMS" 2026 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System rule moves Medicare further toward site-neutral payment, as part of an effort to narrow long-standing payment gaps between hospital outpatient departments and ASCs. According to a Health Affairs analysis, the payment rule not only…...

6+ hour, 46+ min ago  (495+ words) Revenue cycle performance has always been central to ASC financial health. What's changing is the level of complexity surrounding it. Rising case acuity, tighter payer scrutiny, and expanding administrative requirements are placing new pressure on business offices that were originally…...

9+ hour, 32+ min ago  (254+ words) Field Willingham, MD, will join the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine and UHealth, University of Miami health system as chief of the division of digestive health and liver diseases, effective June 29. Dr. Willingham was previously a professor of…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago  (702+ words) The federal physician self-referral law " better known as the Stark law " was enacted in 1989 and aims to curb physician self-referrals that could drive overutilization and higher costs. Decades later, it remains one of healthcare's most complex compliance regimes, and physician…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago  (354+ words) Hospital consolidation continued in the past month, with health systems across the U.S. signing and closing merger, acquisition and transfer agreements. Here are eight hospital deals to know in the last month:" 1. The Bristow (Okla.) Hospital Authority joined Tulsa, Okla.-based…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago  (121+ words) As more cardiovascular procedures move into outpatient settings, new device approvals are expanding what can safely be performed outside the hospital." These three cardiology technologies could influence case mix, capital planning and competitive positioning for ASCs this year. Here are…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago  (299+ words) A simple cardiology workflow change helped reshape care across five of Novant Health's ASCs, and played a key role in earning national recognition from The Leapfrog Group. Leslie Barrett, BSN, CRNA, senior vice president of ambulatory surgery strategy and execution,…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago  (167+ words) Lansing, Mich.-based UM Health-Sparrow plans to build a $60 million ASC." The outpatient facility will include four operating rooms at opening, with space to expand. It will handle procedures currently performed at the St. Lawrence campus and cases from the…...

4+ day, 37+ min ago  (368+ words) From the rise of de novo facilities to the continued decline of reimbursement rates, ASC leaders are constantly retooling their approach based on what the industry throws at them." Reimbursements and insurance authorizations, especially when it comes to anesthesia services,…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago  (108+ words) The real estate of Fort Myers, Fla.-based Gladiolus Surgery Center has sold for $4.6 million, Business Observer Florida reported Feb. 19. CBRE, who represented Prime in the deal, told the publication the ASC is occupied by a single tenant, SCA Health…...