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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released its proposed 2026 ASC payment rule, bringing significant changes that could directly impact how your ambulatory surgery center (ASC) operates. The ASC reimbursement changes in 2026 cover a lot of ground, from which procedures can now be safely performed in an outpatient setting to updates…
Endovascular surgery is a minimally invasive approach to treating vascular diseases, one that demands exceptional precision, real-time coordination, and thorough post-operative monitoring. To support this level of care, your systems need to be just as refined and responsive as the procedures themselves. That’s why your EMR matters. It must understand the nuances of vessel mapping,…
Not long ago, most surgeries meant a hospital stay with crowded waiting rooms, long recovery times, and high costs. Fast forward to today, and ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) have rewritten that experience. Patients can now walk in for procedures in the morning and head home the same day, often paying far less than they would…
Good news is on the horizon for physicians: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has announced a projected increase in Medicare payments for 2026. After years of flat or declining reimbursement rates, this change offers a much-needed boost for providers, especially those on the front lines of primary and specialty care. While…
Office-based labs (OBLs) are gaining momentum—and it’s easy to see why. Opening an office-based lab is a strategic move that gives specialists greater control over patient care, scheduling, and practice revenue, all while delivering high-quality procedures in a convenient outpatient setting. At 1st Providers Choice, we’ve worked closely with practices across the country to help…
Every pain management practice has seen it all—patients carrying the weight of chronic pain, fragmented medical records, and a long list of treatments that didn’t work. Unlike other specialties where symptoms may have clear-cut solutions, pain management often requires a multidisciplinary, nuanced approach tailored to each patient. At 1st Providers Choice, we’ve worked alongside pain…
It’s the little things that wear you down — digging through screens for lab results, repeating the same reports, and watching check-ins stall under the weight of paperwork. Stop letting your EHR slow you down. Meet IMS Build 39, the latest electronic health records (EHR) upgrade of 1st Providers Choice’s IMS platform. Designed with direct…
Your ambulatory surgery center (ASC) is in full motion—patients moving through pre-op, surgeons coordinating cases, and staff juggling checklists and charts. Everything depends on timing, teamwork, and precision. But when your electronic health records (EHR) add friction instead of flow, even minor delays can ripple into missed documentation, surgical slowdowns, or billing backlogs. That’s the…