As you age, chances are you’ll likely need to have an outpatient surgery or procedure to address a health problem or to screen for a disease or condition. These types of same-day surgeries, diagnostic ...

When it comes time for planning an outpatient surgery, there are more options than ever before. Traditionally, all surgeries were performed in the hospital, but in the past 50 years, patients are ...

A 2026 CMS proposed rule contains multiple provisions that will improve the transparency of hospital prices and support the ...

Ambulatory surgery centers and physician owned hospitals each offer similar advantages to consumers and to payors. For example, each, if managed well, can deliver services at lower cost and each, if ...

Becker’s ASC Review queried a number of ambulatory surgery center physicians, administrators and company executives asking them to make predictions pertaining to the immediate, short- and long-term ...

Just under 20 ambulatory surgery centers in the metropolitan area are “high performing” facilities, according to U.S. News and World Report’s inaugural ranking released this morning. Of the 142 ...

Ascension advances its ambulatory business with a $3.9B AmSurg acquisition to expand outpatient care across 34 states ...

Owing to aggressive prophylactic treatment, the incidences of nausea and vomiting in the postanesthesia care unit (PACU) have decreased. However, the problem of postdischarge nausea and vomiting (PDNV ...

Michael Walsh, MD, is an anesthesiologist and a member of the board of directors for the Society of Ambulatory Anesthesia. He is an assistant professor of anesthesiology at the Mayo Clinic in ...