Outpatient care remains one of healthcare’s hottest investment targets in 2026. From new multimillion-dollar ASC builds to ...

Tenet’s ASC arm, United Surgical Partners International, is positioning itself for a new growth runway as Medicare begins phasing out its inpatient-only list in 2026, a policy shift the company said ...

Here are six payer updates since the start of 2026 that ASC should know: 1. CMS finalized a 2.6% payment increase for ASCs in its November rule, continuing its use of the hospital market basket update ...

Noncompete agreements, and the laws that regulate them, are rapidly becoming one of the most consequential, and contested, issues in physician employment. As states tighten restrictions on noncompetes ...

The highest-paid anesthesiologist in Los Angeles, the most populated city in the West, earns $1,078,200 per year, according to Medscape’s salary reporter tool. Anesthesiologists earn an average of ...

From anesthesia stipends to implant sticker shock, ASC leaders say the math between what it costs to run cases and what payers reimburse is breaking down. Twenty-two ASC leaders joined Becker’s to ...

For many spine and orthopedic leaders, the ASC and outpatient migration will be a defining element of 2026. From innovations and collaborations, the ASC will be a pivotal point for spine care, ...

Timothy Doylen, of Selden, N.Y., was sentenced to 14 months in prison for conspiring to offer and pay kickbacks to physicians in exchange for ordering medically unnecessary brain scans, according to a ...

Women’s Center will close March 31 after 32 years in operation due to staffing shortages, WTVY reported Feb. 12. The practice currently operates with one OB-GYN and one nurse practitioner. Following ...

Tacoma, Wash.-based MultiCare’s proposed merger with Corvallis, Ore.-based Samaritan Health Services is being reviewed by the Oregon Health Authority, according to a Feb. 12 report from The Lund ...

The cardiology workforce is under mounting strain as rising patient demand collides with physician shortages, reimbursement pressure and shifts in care delivery. Longer wait times, an aging clinician ...

Comprehensive Health has adopted the GI Genius AI platform to improve colonoscopy procedures and early detection of colorectal cancer.  NCH gastroenterologists are using the platform, which provides ...