Four Maryland residents have been sentenced for conspiring with an Annandale, Va.-based physician convicted of distributing more than 7,000 oxycodone pills and thousands of milliliters of codeine and ...

Health systems that keep resisting the shift to ASCs are putting their financial future at risk, according to Regent Surgical CEO Travis Messina. Asked what is at stake for systems unwilling to adapt, ...

A 34-year-old woman has pleaded guilty to healthcare fraud and aggravated identity theft for billing Medicaid for mental health therapy services that were never provided, according to the U.S.

Jerry Jones III, MD, a former emergency room physician in Mequon, Wis., was sentenced to 27 months in prison for unlawful prescribing controlled substances.  On June 29, 2026, Dr. Jones pleaded guilty ...

The long-standing narrative that there is a shortage of gastroenterologists in the U.S. is starting to shift, as recent data reveal more details about exactly where access to GI care is the most ...

Joint ventures continue to shape the outpatient landscape as health systems, physician groups, payers and investors look to expand their ASC footprints and move more care into lower-cost settings.

The Tennessee Health Facilities Commission voted 7-1 on Sept. 23 to deny TN Heart a certificate of need for its proposed $11.8 million outpatient cardiac surgery center in Cookeville, The Herald ...

Patient decisions accounted for 34.1% of ASC case cancellations with a recorded reason in 2025, according to HST Pathways’ 2026 State of the ASC Industry Report. The report draws on data from 682 ...

Somersworth, N.H.-based Atlantic Digestive Specialists provided notice of a data security incident that may have impacted protected health information.  In March 2026, the practice was alerted to ...

New Orleans-based Ochsner Health has doubled the number of operating rooms at Ochsner Medical Complex – The Grove in Baton Rouge, La., through a multimillion-dollar surgical expansion. According to an ...

Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health has launched CommonSpirit Ambulatory Ventures, a new division aimed at organizing and expanding the health system’s ambulatory surgery center portfolio. The move is ...

ASCs collected 67% of expected patient deposits in 2025, leaving about $125.4 million uncollected, according to HST Pathways’ 2026 State of the ASC Industry Report. The report draws on data from 682 ...