Medicare wants to allow far more more surgeries to be done in outpatient facilities like ambulatory surgery centers.

The Trump administration is opening the floodgates for more surgeries to be done in outpatient facilities like ambulatory surgery centers, proposing a Medicare policy that could accelerate the shift ...

The proposed rule would send an additional $8 billion to hospitals next year, but includes a number of other policies ...

Surgeries that are purely cosmetic generally aren't covered by Medicare, though there can be some exceptions in certain ...

Advanced model was successful at reducing spending for outpatient procedures for patients receiving back and neck except ...

The popularity of ambulatory surgery centers has risen in recent years, as these centers are often seen as more convenient ...

Outpatient surgery at a surgery center provides convenience, frequently has the best and latest equipment, and may offer easier scheduling and transportation options, Special to NJ.com Let's face ...

Surgery centers don't have to report deaths in 17 states. Leapfrog published figures based on surveys of 321 ambulatory surgery centers and 1,141 hospital outpatient surgery departments.

Since the first ambulatory surgery center opened in Phoenix in 1970, ASCs have made surgical procedures more available and convenient in most regions of the country.