Wayne, N.J.-based Elite Surgical Center has completed its 350th total joint replacement using Stryker’s Mako robotic arm. Elite became one of the first ASCs in the region to offer Mako ...

The highest-paid ophthalmologist in Tampa, Fla., earns $688,800 per year, according to Medscape’s salary reporter tool, which is much higher than the mean annual wage of $301,500 ophthalmologists make ...

Here are four payer-related headlines in the last two weeks for ASCs to know. 1. Medical practices and hospitals saw claims denials increase and prior authorization denials decrease in 2024, according ...

Des Moines, Iowa-based MercyOne Medical Center announced plans to end its partnership with anesthesia services provider Medical Center Anesthesiologists on May 15. Now, the system has chosen a new ...

A bill that would ban anesthesia time limits in Illinois has unanimously passed out of the state Senate, according to a May 22 report from WAND. The bill was proposed in January by Republican Illinois ...

From regulatory barriers and challenges to continually increasing costs paired with consistently stagnant reimbursements, here are some of the biggest roadblocks and hurdles to ASC and physician ...

ASCs have seen a wide range of changes to payer policies in the last year, from narrower reimbursement models to a shift toward bundled payments and alternative payment models. Here are five ways that ...

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare has a network of 190 hospitals, more than 2,500 care sites and more than 44,000 physicians, making it one of the largest players in the healthcare industry. Three ...

A physician in Mission, Texas, was sentenced to 10 years in prison followed by three years of supervised release for carrying out a healthcare fraud scheme involving more than $118 million in false ...

As cost pressures intensify, ASCs are increasingly positioning themselves as cost-effective alternatives to hospital settings — especially for high-cost procedures like joint replacements and spine ...

South Carolina eliminated certificate-of-need laws across the state, with its neighbor, North Carolina, planning to follow suit by the end of 2025. This change will have several major benefits for ...

As ASCs grapple with fluctuating anesthesia coverage and rising costs, many administrators are finding themselves in a constant balancing act. Andrew Weiss, administrator of Vorhees, N.J.-based Summit ...