For years, ambulatory surgery center leaders have argued that complex procedures can be performed safely and more cheaply outside the hospital. CMS is now acting on that argument. The agency began a ...

Reno, Nev.-based Renown Health has broken ground on a 123,000-square-foot ambulatory care center in Sparks, Nev. The facility will have 134 exam rooms and provide outpatient services including primary ...

Physicians largely still hold their patients’ confidence in the exam room. About 87% rate patient trust in their clinical judgment as high, according to Medscape’s 2026 Patient Relationships Index.

CMS is proposing to cut physician reimbursement for total hip and knee replacement by approximately 20% in 2027, on top of an 8% reduction that took effect earlier this year. The proposal would reduce ...

ASC leaders have told Becker’s in recent months that dependable anesthesia coverage now decides how many cases a center can take on, and at some facilities, anesthesia access has become the primary ...

Former State of Franklin Healthcare Associates physician James Joslyn, MD, must repay $145,110.10 to the Johnson City, Tenn.-based group under an arbitration award, according to court documents ...

From Medicare prior authorization to hospital pushback on site of care, ASCs spent 2026 fighting on several policy and payment fronts at once. Here are five battles that shaped the year for surgery ...

Accepting unprofitable cases for volume’s sake could be the costliest mistake an ASC makes in the next year, according to leaders. Two ASC leaders joined Becker’s to discuss the one decision that ...

A pivotal year for cancer blood tests An FDA advisory panel voted Sept. 23 in favor of approving Grail’s Galleri multi-cancer early detection blood test, marking the first time a blood test of this ...

The federal government’s newest price transparency rule is written for payers, but its effects could reach ASCs well before the first revised rate files post in 2027. CMS and the Labor and Treasury ...

When CMS finalized the Ambulatory Specialty Model in its 2026 physician fee schedule, it created a mandatory program that will tie Medicare Part B payments for certain specialists to how they manage ...

Average starting salaries for certified registered nurse anesthetists fell about 1% year over year, to $286,250, according to a Sept. 16 white paper from AMN Healthcare. The “2026 Review of Physician ...