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ASC Quality Collaboration Director Outlines Metrics, Training Needed to Sustain Clinical Excellence in Outpatient Surgery

Ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) are facing mounting pressure to prove clinical excellence as payers pivot toward value‑based contracts and higher‑acuity cases migrate to the outpatient setting.  Yet because ASCs are different from the hospital setting, they require new benchmarking standards. Nina Goins, executive director of the ASC Quality Collaboration, said her coalition’s new safety and…

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ASC Quality Collaboration Director Outlines Metrics, Training Needed to Sustain Clinical Excellence in Outpatient Surgery

Ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) are facing mounting pressure to prove clinical excellence as payers pivot toward value‑based contracts and higher‑acuity cases migrate to the outpatient setting.  Yet because ASCs are different from the hospital setting, they require new benchmarking standards. Nina Goins, executive director of the ASC Quality Collaboration, said her coalition’s new safety and…

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HCA Gains Outpatient Edge as ASC Strategy Sees Traction

Outpatient revenue outpaced inpatient gains at HCA Healthcare (NYSE: HCA) in the first quarter of 2025. Company leaders said ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) are helping drive that trend as HCA ramps up capital investment in lower-cost settings. After a rough Q4 with the impact of hurricanes Milton and Helene, the Nashville, Tennessee-based health care giant’s…

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Compass Surgical Partners Taps Former SCA Health Exec as Chief Development Officer

Network expansion, health system alignment and scalable ambulatory growth are expected to be top priorities for Compass Surgical Partners following its appointment of Mark Langston as chief development officer. The Raleigh, North Carolina-based ambulatory surgery center (ASC) development and management company announced Langston’s hire on April 24.  Langston previously served as CDO at SCA Health,…

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Contract Disputes, Compliance Gaps and AI Denials Among Growing ASC Legal Risks

Contractual disputes, compliance pitfalls and insurance denials driven by artificial intelligence are among the many legal issues that should be on ambulatory surgery center (ASC) operators’ radar in 2025. Generally, legal experts expect litigation involving ASCs to rise this year, attorneys at ArentFox Schiff wrote in a recent JD Supra post, pointing to expanding case…

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Debate Grows Over Impact of Site Neutrality on Outpatient Care

The site-neutrality movement, aimed at standardizing payments across outpatient health care settings, has rapidly emerged as an important discussion among ambulatory surgery center (ASC) operators.  While potentially beneficial in driving procedures into lower-cost environments by eliminating hospital facility fees, industry leaders have mixed perspectives on its implementation. Michael McClain, managing partner at Left Coast Healthcare…

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Majority of ASCs Now Administering OAS CAHPS Survey, ASCA Finds

A new survey from the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association (ASCA) found that a significant majority of ambulatory surgery centers are now actively administering the Outpatient and Ambulatory Surgery Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (OAS CAHPS) Survey, following its mandate as part of the Medicare ASC Quality Reporting (ASCQR) Program. The March 2025 ASCA…

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Patient Selection: How ASC Operators Can Ensure a Safe Surgical Experience

For ambulatory surgery center (ASC) operators, everything comes down to making sure patients get the right care in the right place. As more complex procedures are moving into the outpatient setting, it is important to understand the factors that may make a patient a good fit for outpatient surgery.  Ambulatory Surgery Center News connected with…

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AMSURG, Compass, Destin Surgery Center Leaders Discuss the Future of ASCs

Leaders across the ambulatory surgery center (ASC) industry agree on one point: ASCs have never been more essential to the nation’s health care ecosystem.  “I think as we see more acute care cases move into our world, we’re all getting really comfortable with the joints, the spine [cases], and now we’re moving into two, three…

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ASC Pipeline: Louisiana Orthopaedic Specialists Opens New Surgery Center; DISC Surgery Center at Tarzana to Open in Q3 2025

LOS launches new ASC Louisiana Orthopaedic Specialists (LOS), the largest orthopedic and spine care provider in Acadiana, has opened a new ambulatory surgery center in Lafayette. The LOS Surgery Center features eight operating rooms and two procedure rooms equipped with the latest surgical technology, including robotics, and is designed to support a broad spectrum of…

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