There are 6,300 Medicare-certified ASCs in the U.S., a 3.5% increase over December 2022, according to CMS data.

In passing the law, Illinois became one of four states to widen colonoscopy coverage beginning Jan 1. According to data from the National Cancer Institute reported in 2023, colon cancer was ...

Maryland Heights, Mo.-based Sentio Biosciences has earned a contract from API Innovation Center, a St. Louis nonprofit focused on strengthening the U.S. supply chain, to develop and produce two ...

Here are 10 recent changes to colonoscopy laws, reimbursements and recommendations from 2024 that physicians should watch going into 2025: Beginning Jan. 1, Nebraska, Illinois, Kentucky and Vermont ...

Here are five hospitals consolidating since Dec. 25, as reported by Becker's: 1. Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health and Marshfield (Wis.) Clinic Health System officially merged into a nonprofit ...

Here are what three ASC leaders told Becker's they see coming down the pipeline as procedures continue to migrate from the hospital to ASC setting in 2025. Edtior's note: Responses have been lightly ...

Effective Jan. 1, Pennsylvania will set limits to noncompete agreements in physicians' contracts for the first time, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported Dec. 31. Here are six things to know about the ...

Here are several states that saw changes in CRNA policies in the past year, from reimbursement declines to alleviated supervision requirements: Ohio-based insurer Medical Mutual announced plans to ...

Fort Street Partners and Chestnut Healthcare Real Estate have formed a joint venture to acquire and develop $150 million in outpatient medical and surgery centers over the next four years, according ...

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 ...

Sanford Health, the largest rural health system in the U.S., with 56,000 employees, will continue to serve Marshfield's patients in Wisconsin and Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The new partnership will ...