ASC administrators and physicians say the biggest obstacle facing the sector is a reimbursement structure that has not kept pace with rising costs or the expanding role of outpatient surgery. From fee ...

As medical costs become ever more crushing for average Americans, our own federal government makes things worse.

Hospital outpatient departments perform routine procedures and surgeries such as colonoscopies and cataract removals for commercially insured individuals at substantially higher prices than Ambulatory ...

UnitedHealthcare is ramping up a prior authorization policy intended to shift outpatient surgeries to lower-cost settings outside of the hospital, a move that could put a dent in hospital revenue.

Cardiovascular procedures are increasingly moving from hospitals to outpatient settings, and are being performed in ambulatory surgery centers. That change can save the patient, provider and payer ...

Outpatient surgical centers represent one of the fastest-growing sectors of health care in the nation. The percentage of procedures done in outpatient settings (sometimes referred to as ambulatory ...

Intuitive Surgical ISRG is increasingly aligning its strategy with the ongoing migration of surgical procedures toward ...

Variation in Medicare payments across ambulatory settings has led to concerns about unnecessary spending and incentives to deliver care in more highly reimbursed settings. Across all settings, ...

Conducting common surgical procedures in ambulatory surgical centers can lead to significant savings for patients and payers, according to a new analysis from UnitedHealth Group researchers. The ...

Two Jefferson City health care providers will complete construction of multi-million-dollar outpatient surgery centers around spring 2022, as skyrocketing demand for outpatient surgeries pushes ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . On Jan. 1, 2018, CMS removed total knee arthroplasty from the inpatient-only list for Medicare beneficiaries, ...

Due to the decreasing number of COVID-19 hospital admissions at AdventHealth, the hospital system Wednesday will drop from "black status" to "red status," according to a press release sent Tuesday ...