Jan 31, 2025 · Durham, N.C.-based Duke Health and Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Health are collaborating on a $2 billion venture to build a 500-bed hospital, ASC, outpatient care center, medical office building and children's behavioral health center, according to a …

Jan 30, 2025 · Here are 12 academic centers with new ASC developments since Jan. 1, 2024, as reported by Becker's:

Nov 4, 2024 · It's been more than one year since AmSurg officially emerged under new ownership as a separate and independent entity from Envision Healthcare, its former parent company, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in May 2023.. With Jeff Snodgrass as its new CEO, AmSurg has made huge moves to acquire new ASCs. Here are eight updates on AmSurg from the past year:

Dec 2, 2024 · Anesthesia providers are facing significant reimbursement challenges in 2024, with cuts coming from both private insurers and federal policy changes.

Jan 3, 2025 · The fate of noncompete agreements has been in flux recently as changes to the FTC remain possible under a new presidential administration and the clauses remain the subject of lawsuits in healthcare.. Here is where three ASC leaders told Becker's they stand on noncompete agreements: . Editor's note: Responses have …

Jan 28, 2025 · After several years of "lackluster" deal activity, bankers and private equity advisors recently told The Wall Street Journal that physician practice deals are showing more promise, possibly making space for more PE firms to exit their holdings.. In the first nine months of 2024, there were just 251 private equity investments in physician practice managers, less than half of the total for 2023 ...

May 10, 2022 · Surgical Care Affiliates, one of the largest ASC networks in the U.S., rebranded to SCA Health. "Our new brands represents the evolution of our business — all that we are today and all that we will become.

Nov 19, 2024 · Massachusetts and Wisconsin have seen the most hospital closures of any state in 2024 thus far. For ASCs, this might result in an influx in patients who have lost access to services through providers at hospitals or outpatient departments.

Jan 3, 2025 · Eugene, Ore.-based Umpqua Community College and the Southwestern Oregon Workforce Investment Board have partnered with the Oregon Ambulatory Surgery Center Association to create the state's first surgical technologist apprenticeship program, according to a Jan. 2 report from ABC affiliate KEZI.. The program aims to address a shortage of surgical technologists in the state, especially in rural ...

CORRECT USE OF MODIFIERS IN ASC BILLING by Stephanie Ellis, R.N., CPC President, Ellis Medical Consulting, Inc. Modifiers are two digit symbols added to CPT procedure codes to signify the procedure has been