Expansion of ambulatory care is central to St. Louis-based Ascension’s growth strategy, particularly through the planned acquisition of AmSurg, according to financial documents published May 15. The ...

Dare Meeks, RN, has spent more than two decades shaping nursing in the ASC space, but her foundation was built at the bedside, in the high-stakes environment of a coronary and thoracic ICU. That early ...

Greenwood, S.C.-based Self Regional Healthcare broke ground May 5 on Self Medical Center Spring Street, a 68,000-square-foot multispecialty medical office building. The facility will consolidate ...

The outpatient setting is becoming more optimal for some complex spine surgeries, but that is also creating new obstacles in hiring, Bryan Basques, MD, said. Dr. Basques shared his perspective and how ...

Colonoscopies are booming, but the economics are getting complicated. As colorectal cancer rates climb and updated screening guidelines add millions of newly eligible patients, ASCs are racing to meet ...

Outpatient joint replacement is rapidly reshaping orthopedic care as advances in minimally invasive surgery, anesthesia, rapid recovery protocols and care coordination make same-day hip and knee ...

Twenty-five years ago, when Richard Berger, MD, began talking about outpatient joint replacement surgery, much of the orthopedic community found the idea absurd. At the time, hip and knee replacement ...

Sunrise, Fla.-based North American Partners in Anesthesia will begin providing anesthesia services at Scotts Hill Medical Center in Wilmington, N.C., in June.  The center provides surgical and ...

Washington state has the highest hourly mean wage for anesthesiologists in the U.S., while Minnesota leads when wages are adjusted for cost of living, according to May 2025 data released May 18 by the ...

A number of states saw significant increases in the advertised base pay for CRNAs between the end of 2025 and the first quarter of 2026, according to a new report from anesthesia career platform ...

From data-driven quality dashboards to new frameworks, ASC leaders are moving beyond reactive care, building systems where safety is structural, outcomes are measurable, and patients feel supported ...

Federal health regulators are pushing back on two widespread assumptions that have long given healthcare executives a false sense of security: that complying with the Stark law is enough to stay out ...