Chesterfield, Mo.-based Mercy has opened the Kathryn Ann Meinders Digestive Health Institute on the campus of Mercy Hospital Oklahoma City, establishing what the system describes as the only ...

ASC valuations remain healthy on paper, but many leaders say the problem is the gap between what a center is worth today and ...

Health systems shuttering ASCs include Catholic Health, LifeBridge Health, and Fairfield Medical Center due to volume and financial pressures in 2024.

When Humana’s CenterWell closed its acquisition of MaxHealth in February, the deal looked straightforward enough: a payer buying a primary care network to shore up its Medicare Advantage business in ...

Borland Groover will open a new outpatient gastroenterology office in Fort Walton Beach, Fla., on July 6, expanding the Jacksonville-based practice’s footprint along the Emerald Coast. According to a ...

The ASC industry has been expanding on several fronts: more procedures are moving out of the hospital and into ASCs, patients increasingly desire outpatient treatments, and the demand for surgical ...

Ogdensburg, N.Y.-based North Star Health Alliance shared plans June 24 to close its North Country Orthopaedic Ambulatory Surgery Center and its North Country Orthopaedic Group, both in Watertown, N.Y.

Optum is speaking with multiple large New York health systems to sell some specialties in the state, the company confirmed to Becker’s June 24. The UnitedHealth Group subsidiary is considering the ...

Historically, growth in spine care was relatively straightforward. Perform more procedures. Build more operating rooms. Expand access to new technologies. Increase volume. A growing number of spine ...

Physician ownership of ASC has become a highly consequential factor shaping the future of the industry. Reimbursement is tightening, corporate buyers are aggressive and physicians are increasingly ...

What separates Ascension’s ASC playbook is its nonprofit focus on community-based care and virtual health integration across 300 centers.

Eight states have no anesthesia residency program, which means ASCs operating in those markets have no local pipeline and no structural fix on the horizon. Here are 10 more things to know about the ...