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As outpatient surgical volumes rise and investment accelerates, CFOs face a pivotal moment to recalibrate capital allocation, manage workforce risks, and integrate ambulatory surgery centers into long ...

Healthcare ambulatory boom drives hospitals to treat sicker patients and redesign inpatient care models for efficiency and safety.

Ambulatory surgery centers have become one of the most dynamic — and pressured — segments of healthcare. At Becker’s 31st Annual ASC Conference, Scott Becker, JD, Founder and Chief Content Officer, ...

Sixty-three thousand dollars for a broken ankle and a cut to the knee, with no head injury or internal damage,” Lauren Hughes ...

Surgeons cleaned the cut on her right knee, which had hit her car's dashboard, and realigned a broken bone in her right ankle ...

Teaming up with Optum was an important aspect of getting outpatient orthopedics off the ground and soaring in recent years, Amar Patel, MD, a board member of OrthoWest, said. Dr. Patel spoke with ...

From changing patient expectations to economic pressures, ASC leaders are warning of underrecognized trends that could catch the industry off guard. Here are three emerging shifts ASCs may not be ...

The biggest message we have for our patients is that we understand lung cancer is a scary disease,” Smith said, “but if we ...

State lawmakers and health care officials broke ground Monday on a new multidisciplinary outpatient center in Beckley. The Charleston Area Medical Center — now a part of Vandalia Health — strengthened ...

A Jamaica health clinic serving predominantly low-income patients has filed plans for a $92.6 million expansion that would ...