Cardiology is following orthopedics, urology and other specialties toward the ASC, but it’s just on a longer timeline. Gary Kirsh, MD, the new CEO of national cardiology platform Cardiovascular ...

For much of the past decade, the story of physicians’ practice has moved decidedly away from independence. Hospital and corporate employment of physicians climbed from 62% to 78% between 2019 and 2023 ...

Schenectady, N.Y.-based Ellis Hospital has sued Albany, N.Y.-based St. Peter’s Health Partners Medical Associates, alleging the physician group is using noncompete agreements to prevent 27 ...

Medline has signed a prime vendor agreement with Lincoln, Neb.-based Doctors Outpatient Surgery Center. Through the partnership, the multispecialty ASC will have access to Medline’s portfolio of ...

Certificate-of-need laws, once pitched as a method for preventing the duplication of healthcare services, have become highly controversial as their opponents cite them as a factor contributing to ...

NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi and NYC Health + Hospitals/North Central Bronx received a $600,000 Zeiss Opmi Lumera 700 surgical microscope for their ophthalmology department, the health system ...

CMS has proposed a number of changes to the Ambulatory Specialty Model (ASM) for heart failure in the 2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule, according to an Aug. 12 news release from the ...

Over one year after Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield’s anesthesia time limit policy set off an industrywide backlash, the fight over how anesthesia care gets reimbursed is still unresolved. A commentary ...

There comes a point when health system’s ASC moves stop being a side project and start requiring a more involved strategy, and, according to Atlas Healthcare Partners CEO Aric Burke it’s when revenue ...

Anesthesia has become one of the most persistent staffing headaches for ASCs and hospitals alike. It’s not just a bad labor market, but a pipeline problem stacked on top of an aging workforce, a ...

Spine surgeons are tracking several Medicare reimbursement changes that could affect professional fees, ASC economics and future Part B payments. Some are included in CMS’ proposed 2027 Physician Fee ...

Fort Myers, Fla.-based Millennium Physician Group and Mishawaka, Ind.-based Franciscan Alliance have partnered to expand access to care in Indiana.  The collaboration brings together the Franciscan ...