Ascension Medical Group St. John Primary Care Pawhuska (Okla.) closed permanently on June 30, ending Dr. James Priest’s 59-year run as the rural Oklahoma clinic’s physician, Tulsa World reported Aug.

The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care has released a guide to help ambulatory care organizations develop governance frameworks for AI use. The “1095 Advance AI Governance Guide” ...

A Lowcountry, S.C. plastic surgery practice has abruptly closed after its parent company, GVO Partners, collapsed into bankruptcy, leaving patients mid-treatment and money paid for unperformed ...

A North Carolina man and his Texas-based company have been named in a federal civil complaint alleging they billed Medicare for surgical implantation of electro-neurostimulators when the devices were ...

LaserCare Eye Center, an ophthalmology practice in Texas, is closing its location in Irving, Texas, after 26 years. The practice is planning to open a new location in Frisco, Texas, on Sept. 1. The ...

El Dorado Heart, a new cardiology practice led by interventional cardiologist Ayobami Eluwole, MD, opened two new clinics in El Dorado and Camden, Ark., on Aug. 10, Camden News reported Aug. 16. The ...

ASC leaders facing scheduling gaps, turnover and friction between anesthesia and the surgical team often try to adjust the processes. An Aug. 13 white paper from North American Partners in Anesthesia ...

As CMS continues to phase out the inpatient-only list and expand the procedures approved for ASCs, new opportunities are emerging for ASC leaders looking to add or expand specialty service lines.

Brentwood, Tenn.-based Surgery Partners has focused much of its efforts in 2026 toward optimizing its portfolio. In July, the company signed a definitive agreement to sell its ownership interests in ...

CMS has proposed a number of changes to the Ambulatory Specialty Model (ASM) for heart failure in the 2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule, according to an Aug. 12 news release from the ...

The highest-paid cardiologist in Kansas City, Mo., earns $994,700, according to Medscape’s salary reporter tool, which is much higher than the mean annual wage of $454,940 cardiologists make according ...