Becker’s ASC

Physician independence in orthopedics isn’t dying, but it is being redefined. For surgeons, it no longer means a solo practice and a handful of insurance contracts. It means owning the facility, controlling the decisions and building the scale to survive.…

The North Carolina Supreme Court has agreed to hear two AdventHealth challenges to certificates of need that state regulators awarded to Asheville-based Mission Health, part of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare. The court allowed two petitions for discretionary review from Fletcher…

Two New York state senators have introduced a bill that would bar employers from requiring noncompete agreements from licensed healthcare professionals. Sens. Michelle Hinchey and Patricia Fahy introduced the Senate bill Oct. 16, and it has been referred to the…

Medicare pays the same fee schedule amount for an anesthesia case whether an anesthesiologist or a certified registered nurse anesthetist performs it alone. The two providers’ pay differs only when an anesthesiologist medically directs CRNAs across several rooms. Medicare pays…

Blood-based colorectal cancer screening is scaling fast, and a second FDA-approved test launched Sept. 30. For GI ASCs, the question is whether those tests feed colonoscopy volume or replace it. The market is growing Guardant Health performed about 66,000 Shield…

U.S. Orthopaedic Partners, an integrated orthopedic care platform, and Southern Orthopaedic Surgeons, a multilocation orthopedic group, are planning to build an ASC in Montgomery, Ala.  The ASC will include four operating rooms, with space for two additional ORs, two specialized…

Cincinnati-based Bon Secours Mercy Health agreed Oct. 26 to acquire Brentwood, Tenn.-based Surgery Partners through its affiliate HealthSpan Partners. The deal makes the system the latest to go big on ambulatory surgery, after Ascension and Tenet. Here are 15 numbers…

Anesthesia coverage has become one of the costliest and least predictable pieces of running an ASC. Groups are responding by pitching tighter staffing models, while some centers are walking away from physician-led groups altogether. Here are four recent anesthesia developments…