As outpatient surgery continues its rapid migration from hospitals, a tension is emerging: the same payers pushing care into lower-cost settings are also making it harder to deliver it. From prior ...
Members of Blue Cross/Blue Shield (BCBS) will be responsible for 5 percent more of their out-of-network, elective surgery costs in 2009 than they were responsible for in 2008, according to a benefit ...
Orthopedics is driving some of the fastest growth in ASCs, but for many operators, higher volume is not translating into ...