Becker's Healthcare January 15, 2026
As technological advancements, patient preferences and payer incentives continue to make ASCs a more widely accessible and popular setting for surgical procedures, leaders must take note of and balance a number of impending opportunities and developments.
Jeanine Watson, MSN, RN, senior manager of the ambulatory surgery division of the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses, recently joined Becker’s to share her thoughts on where the industry is headed next.
Continued procedure migration
CMS added 573 procedures to the Covered Procedures List for ASCs in November 2025, including many in cardiology, spine and orthopedics. The addition of these procedures was the result of years of advocacy from both ASC and specialty leaders who demonstrated the safety of these procedures in...
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