HST Spring 2026 Updates: New ASC Features
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We’ve rolled out several new enhancements to the HST platform. Take a look at some of the key highlights designed to help your staff work smarter, stay organized, and deliver a better experience across your center. For a full list of enhancements, visit the Community Portal to view each solution’s release notes.
Financial Management
CASE COST FORECASTING
Physician Leaderboard – Mobile View
Physicians can now see their performance at-a-glance now right from their phone. With the physician leaderboard, physicians can compare their case volume, revenue, profit, and efficiency across providers over the last 10 days and the next 10 days.
Physicians can now see their performance at-a-glance now right from their phone. With the physician leaderboard, physicians can compare their case volume, revenue, profit, and efficiency across providers over the last 10 days and the next 10 days.
Clinical Operations
Electronic Charting
Streamlined Patient Status Board
Keep families informed without slowing down your center staff. The public patient digital status board now displays a rotating list of patients on the screen and moves the most recent patient updates to the top, so families can quickly see changes without staff needing to manually manage the display. This helps busy centers handle high patient volume while keeping communication clear and HIPAA-compliant.
Keep families informed without slowing down your center staff. The public patient digital status board now displays a rotating list of patients on the screen and moves the most recent patient updates to the top, so families can quickly see changes without staff needing to manually manage the display. This helps busy centers handle high patient volume while keeping communication clear and HIPAA-compliant.
Smarter Task Management for Cancellations
Stay on top of chart completion without the extra follow-up. With the Task Manager, you can easily see missing chart data and quickly reassign tasks. Now tasks are automatically removed when cases are cancelled. This helps staff stay organized and keep chart records complete.
Stay on top of chart completion without the extra follow-up. With the Task Manager, you can easily see missing chart data and quickly reassign tasks. Now tasks are automatically removed when cases are cancelled. This helps staff stay organized and keep chart records complete.
Expanded Surgical History Visibility
The Current and Previous Visit Summary tabs now both include surgical history information, such as procedure dates and anesthesia types. This gives clinical staff better context for safer, more informed care.
The Current and Previous Visit Summary tabs now both include surgical history information, such as procedure dates and anesthesia types. This gives clinical staff better context for safer, more informed care.
Faster Chart Template Setup
Build charts in less time. The electronic charting question library now gives your staff the ability to filter questions by response type, so they can quickly find what they need and standardize documentation more efficiently.
Build charts in less time. The electronic charting question library now gives your staff the ability to filter questions by response type, so they can quickly find what they need and standardize documentation more efficiently.
Patient Texting & Pre-Assessments
Pre-Assessment Form & Chart Integration
HST’s newest integration is now available between the online pre-assessment form and electronic charting. Patients simply enter their health history in an intuitive, online form, and staff can review and easily import responses into the chart. This reduces manual entry, improves accuracy, and streamlines the pre-op workflow from start to finish. Reach out here to learn how you can get this integration enabled for your center.
HST’s newest integration is now available between the online pre-assessment form and electronic charting. Patients simply enter their health history in an intuitive, online form, and staff can review and easily import responses into the chart. This reduces manual entry, improves accuracy, and streamlines the pre-op workflow from start to finish. Reach out here to learn how you can get this integration enabled for your center.
Financial Clearance
Patient Estimates
Easier Payment Plan Management
Staff can now adjust installment amounts, timelines, and payment dates to match patient needs. With added visibility into communication history and easier updates for missed or rescheduled payments, centers can manage plans with less friction and improve the payment process for staff and patients.
CMS Hospital Price Transparency Compliance
Stay compliant with less effort. Updates to the machine-readable file now include required data points like NPI and additional accuracy checks, helping Hospitals meet CMS price transparency requirements with confidence.
Stay compliant with less effort. Updates to the machine-readable file now include required data points like NPI and additional accuracy checks, helping Hospitals meet CMS price transparency requirements with confidence.
Patient Payments
Payment Plan & Card Visibility on the Cases Grid
See patient payment status all in one place. The Cases grid now shows payment plans and cards on file, giving staff a quick view of who’s ready to pay and who needs follow-up, so nothing slips through the cracks before the day of service.
See patient payment status all in one place. The Cases grid now shows payment plans and cards on file, giving staff a quick view of who’s ready to pay and who needs follow-up, so nothing slips through the cracks before the day of service.
Data & Analytics
Prebuilt Dashboards
Case Cost
Experience deeper case cost insights. Dive into our latest dashboard added to the system with a comprehensive view of case costing by procedure, physician, implant breakdowns, and supplies used.
Experience deeper case cost insights. Dive into our latest dashboard added to the system with a comprehensive view of case costing by procedure, physician, implant breakdowns, and supplies used.
OR Block Utilization (Calendar View)
Spot opportunities to fill your center’s schedule. This new calendar view makes it easy to quickly see block utilization, helping schedulers identify open time, optimize scheduling, and increase case volume.
Spot opportunities to fill your center’s schedule. This new calendar view makes it easy to quickly see block utilization, helping schedulers identify open time, optimize scheduling, and increase case volume.
Scheduling & Collaboration
SCHEDULING & CARE COMMUNICATION
Simplified Self-Pay Scheduling
Reduce manual scheduling work across your center. Schedulers can now mark cases as self-pay. This keeps your HST scheduling and billing systems in sync and simplifies your center’s scheduling workflows by automatically recognizing self-pay cases and eliminating the need to add a payer.
Reduce manual scheduling work across your center. Schedulers can now mark cases as self-pay. This keeps your HST scheduling and billing systems in sync and simplifies your center’s scheduling workflows by automatically recognizing self-pay cases and eliminating the need to add a payer.
Discover More Ways to Optimize Your Center
From case costing analytics to improved patient charting and more flexible patient payments, these updates are designed to simplify daily work for your center. Each enhancement helps your ASC stay more efficient, improve visibility, and deliver a better experience for both staff and patients.
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