Specialty care access is growing more strained across the U.S. — and nowhere is that more visible than in rural America, where a shrinking physician workforce, hospital closures and transportation ...

When Premier Outpatient Surgery Center outgrew its original facility in Colton, Calif., President Ben Childers, MD, and his partners faced a predicament familiar to independent practices nationwide as ...

CMS released its proposed CY 2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule July 14, setting up another cycle of physician pay cuts at the same time the companion CY 2027 OPPS/ASC proposed rule moves facility ...

The Cardiovascular Institute of Northwest Florida has expanded its ASC in Panama City, Fla., adding new heart and vascular procedures that let patients return home the same day. The center opened in ...

Fort Myers, Fla.-based NeoGenomics Laboratories agreed to pay $9.8 million to resolve allegations that it violated the Anti-Kickback Statute and Stark law through two separate arrangements involving ...

Brentwood, Tenn.-based Surgery Partners has signed a definitive agreement to sell its ownership interests in two hospitals to Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health for about $1.15 billion. ...

Prior authorization has been consistently identified by clinicians and administrators alike as a significant burden to surgical care and ASC workflows. Ninety-three percent of physicians reported that ...

Spine and orthopedic malpractice cases produced jury awards and settlements ranging from $750,000 to $27 million over the past year. Here are three cases Becker’s reported on, ordered by amount.

The FDA has approved SimpleScreen CRC, a blood-based colorectal cancer screening test developed by Brisbane, Calif.-based Freenome, on July 27, according to a July 27 news release. This is the second ...

Portland-based Oath Surgical has completed the first robotic prostatectomy performed at an outpatient surgery center in the U.S. Pacific Northwest, according to a July 21 news release. The procedure ...

Traverse City, Mich.-based Munson Healthcare has opened a new ASC in Gaylord, Mich., after receiving accreditation from the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care as well as Medicare ...

Advances in minimally invasive techniques, robotic technology, motion-preserving procedures and complex spinal reconstruction are transforming spine care. Across the country, orthopedic spine surgeons ...