HealthSpan Partners, an affiliate of Cincinnati-based Bon Secours Mercy Health, signed a definitive agreement Oct. 26 to acquire Brentwood, Tenn.-based Surgery Partners. The all-cash deal values ...

Illinois hospital loses trauma status after anesthesia group suspends services and state cites poor communication from leadership.

Surgery centers cannot conjure more anesthesia providers, and many cannot keep absorbing the subsidies that keep those providers in the building. A Florida anesthesia company is betting the next-best ...

On Oct. 26, Cincinnati-based Bon Secours Mercy Health agreed to acquire Brentwood, Tenn.-based Surgery Partners through its affiliate HealthSpan Partners in a take-private deal valued at about $5.7 ...

Paramus, N.J.-based Valley Health System has named Moo Cho, MD, as medical director of pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition for Valley Medical Group. In the role, Dr. Cho will provide ...

The same outpatient procedure can be billed two very different ways depending on whether it happens in an ASC or a hospital outpatient department. The facility, the payment system, the claim form and ...

Loyola Medicine plans to build a $120 million ambulatory care center in Warrenville, Ill, backed by Livonia, Mich.-based Trinity Health, according to an Oct. 26 news release. Loyola calls the project ...

All 10 of the highest-volume ASC procedures would be paid less by Medicare in 2027 under CMS’ proposed outpatient payment rule, even though the agency proposed a 2.4% average rate increase for ASCs.

The Washington Supreme Court has ruled 6-3 that Seattle-based Virginia Mason Medical Center violated a state rule barring defense lawyers from privately communicating with a patient’s treating ...

GI practices are scaling up as payment pressure mounts. Medicare physician payments for colonoscopies and EGDs fell more than 22% in inflation-adjusted terms from 2018 to 2023, according to a 2024 ...

Noncompetes, poached surgeons and practice sales drove some of the year’s most-watched legal fights over physicians, practices and pay. Here are 12 cases Becker’s covered in 2026 and where they stand ...

CMS’ proposed 2027 outpatient and ambulatory surgery center payment rule drew 2,180 public comments, and 340B dominated them. About 1,000 submissions weighed in on a proposal to cut Medicare payment ...