From a multistate megamerger that would create a $26 billion nonprofit giant to a California system quietly adding a hospital, these are the five deals that have drawn the most attention so far this ...

Dallas-based United Surgical Partners International’s strategy over the past decade is a deliberate transformation with Tenet ...

A podiatrist and sales representative were each sentenced to 63 months in prison for conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud, according to an April 13 news release from the Justice Department.  Felipe ...

Anesthesia staffing is quickly becoming the defining constraint on ASC growth, not just as a workforce challenge, but as a structural shift in how surgery gets delivered. As shortages deepen, costs ...

At least 39 ASCs opened, broke ground or were announced in the first quarter of 2026, with activity concentrated in the South and Midwest. Florida and Michigan led all states with multiple new ...

Robert Tassin, MD, a physician in Slidell, La., was sentenced April 9 to probation for a scheme to bill Medicare for ...

Anesthesia coverage has become one of the most pressing operational challenges facing ASCs today. But according to one expert, most centers are solving for the wrong thing Jeff Tieder, MSN, CRNA, a ...

ASCs have spent decades perfecting high-volume, low-acuity procedures. But as reimbursement models shift, technology advances and patients increasingly prefer outpatient settings, industry leaders say ...

New American Medical Association data shows that between 2014 and 2024, physician-owners drew a growing share of their income from salary and a shrinking share from productivity and practice financial ...

From fragmented data systems to labor schedules built on guesswork, ASC leaders say the gap between what their centers cost to run and what payers are willing to reimburse is quietly becoming an ...

Musculoskeletal care is facing a growing paradox: as demand rises and more procedures move into outpatient settings, it’s becoming harder, not easier, to get patients treated. A new wave of payer ...

Springfield, Ill.-based Memorial Health has opened a $27.5 million outpatient medical center in Plain City, Ohio, with ...