In 2024, Becker’s reported on 12 academic medical centers that had opened or were developing new ASCs and outpatient centers. In 2025, that number increased to 14, representing a slow but steadily ...

The average annual salary for nurse anesthetists has increased from $181,040 in 2019 to $231,700 in 2024, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Over the past six years, compensation ...

AAPA leads PA rebranding with three states adopting 'physician associate' in 2024 and ongoing legislative efforts.

Health systems have been leaning into ASC development in recent years as patient preferences, value-based incentives and operational costs make the outpatient shift a central aspect of growth ...

In November, CMS finalized plans to add 560 codes to the ASC covered procedure list — a change expected to accelerate service line expansion and development activity across the ASC industry. At the ...

ASCs and outpatient facilities have become key investments for hospitals, health centers and other healthcare organizations as they identify opportunities for growth amid rising costs, value-based ...

The policy debate surrounding certificate-of-need laws heated up in 2025, as critics claim the laws have long-stifled competition in healthcare, particularly in the ASC space. Here are three states ...

Between 2015 and 2025, there have been a total of 608,758 adverse action reports filed across the country, according to data from the the National Practitioner Databank, which includes reports through ...

The FDA has issued a Class I recall for GE Healthcare’s Carestation anesthesia systems. Certain Carestation 600 and 700 series anesthesia systems with specific power management boards may shut down ...

Physicians say documentation and administrative work are their biggest workplace burdens, according to a 2025 survey from CHG Healthcare and Hanover Research. The survey, conducted in May among 920 ...

As CMS continues to move more procedures into the outpatient setting, ASC leaders say growth opportunities are expanding but not without risk. The “shiny new thing” for many ASCs today often means ...

Orthopaedic Surgery Center talk about patient safety, they point not to a single policy change, but to a fundamental shift in culture. That shift helped the ASC earn recognition from The Leapfrog ...