Half of cardiologists expect the 2026 Medicare physician fee schedule to hurt them financially, according to Medscape’s “Issues in Cardiology Report 2026,” published Nov. 9. Of the 152 U.S.

Hospitals have spent years building employed cardiology groups, and the payment math has traditionally supported it. Gary Kirsh, MD, CEO of Nashville, Tenn.-based Cardiovascular Logistics, told Becker ...

Brentwood, Tenn.-based Surgery Partners reported third-quarter revenue of $815.3 million, down 0.8% year over year, according to a Nov. 9 news release. The results include the company’s Idaho Falls ...

With health systems, private equity firms and management companies all buying, ASCs that look “best in class” get the best deals, panelists said Oct. 29 at Becker’s 32nd Annual Business and Operations ...

CMS released its final 2027 Medicare physician fee schedule and hospital outpatient and ASC payment rules Nov. 4, closing out a comment season that drew tens of thousands of responses from physicians, ...

CMS’ final 2027 Medicare payment rules will cut physician payments for GI endoscopy performed in ambulatory surgery centers and hospital outpatient departments by an average of 2%, according to a Nov.

Growth can be a natural reward for a successful physician-owned practice. It could also be the force most likely to erode what made the practice attractive in the first place: physicians’ control over ...

The American Medical Association’s House of Delegates voted to strengthen medicine’s opposition to insurer downcoding practices that wrongly reduce payment for physician services and can threaten ...

Minnetonka, Minn.-based UnitedHealth Group made an unsolicited offer of $28 per share to acquire Brentwood, Tenn.-based Surgery Partners, Bloomberg reported Nov. 9, citing a person familiar with the ...

HealthSpan Partners, an affiliate of Cincinnati-based Bon Secours Mercy Health, and Brentwood, Tenn.-based Surgery Partners, amended their merger agreement after the ASC operator received an ...

The American Society of Anesthesiologists is urging CMS to keep Medicare’s physician supervision requirement for certified registered nurse anesthetists, according to a Nov. 9 news release shared with ...

Independent ASCs are running out of room to go it alone, panelists said Oct. 29 at Becker’s 32nd Annual Business and Operations of ASCs in Chicago. The deal flow backs that up. Ascension closed its $3 ...