As more high-acuity procedures become available in the ASC setting, less-invasive procedures, like cataract surgery and hand procedures, have begun shifting to office-based settings. Kayla Carey, COO ...

The authors probed Medicare Part B data to explore outpatient clinical procedures performed by physician associates and nurse practitioners and report the trends from 2014 through 2021. Objective: We ...

Pre-procedure urinalysis can be skipped before certain office-based urology procedures, such as prostate biopsy and cystoscopy, according to the results of a randomized trial. Some centers perform the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Over the past decade, most ophthalmologists have become familiar with in-office cataract surgery, and more than ...

Tympanostomy tubes are commonly placed to treat chronic otitis media with effusion and recurrent acute otitis media. In fact, tympanostomy tube placement is the most common ambulatory surgery ...

A “thigh gap” refers to a noticeable space between your inner thighs when you’re standing with your knees together. It’s natural to not have a thigh gap, but sometimes it’s achievable with a healthy ...

Many physicians are drawn to the idea of simply converting their existing office into an ambulatory surgery center for the purpose of facility fee reimbursement. This idea for many appears to be ...