U.S. News & World Report evaluated ambulatory surgery centers across four specialty areas: orthopedics and spine, ophthalmology, colonoscopy and endoscopy, and urology.

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 ...

This outpatient procedure is a safe and effective way to improve your vision—and many patients say it’s life-changing.

Ambulatory surgery and outpatient procedures have emerged as pivotal components in modern healthcare delivery, offering patients a less intrusive and more efficient alternative to conventional ...

A study, published in Clinical Spine Surgery, examined the eligibility of surgical patients meeting outpatient surgery criteria in a single-surgeon private practice. Here’s what you need to know. 1.

Facility fees have become a controversial component of the reimbursement structure for ASCs as some advocates say they disincentivize patients from utilizing lower cost settings for surgical ...

As a board-certified pediatric anesthesiologist and the medical director of an outpatient surgery center dedicated exclusively to children, I’m often asked the same question by parents: Does it really ...

Nearly 58 percent of the surgeries performed in hospitals during 2007 were done as outpatient procedures, according to a recent statistical brief from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.