Hospital outpatient departments perform routine procedures and surgeries such as colonoscopies and cataract removals for commercially insured individuals at substantially higher prices than Ambulatory ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Within our current health system, optometry has long served as a physician extender for ophthalmology by ...

Moving routine procedures like colonoscopies and cataract removals away from a hospital outpatient department and to an ambulatory surgery center can save an average of $684 per procedure, ...

A new UnitedHealth Group analysis examines potential savings from shifting common procedures to ASCs. (Getty Images) () Conducting common surgical procedures in ambulatory surgical centers can lead to ...

Last month, Winnie Marie Jones underwent a heart catheterization procedure in which three stents were placed in her coronary arteries to open blockages. Unlike her husband, Robert, who had a cardiac ...

Cardiovascular procedures are increasingly moving from hospitals to outpatient settings, and are being performed in ambulatory surgery centers. That change can save the patient, provider and payer ...

Cardiovascular procedures are increasingly moving from hospitals to outpatient settings, and are being performed in ambulatory surgery centers. That change can save the patient, provider and payer ...