The Federal Trade Commission has reached an agreement in principle with U.S. Anesthesia Partners over allegations brought against the company in 2023, claiming that it violated antitrust laws by ...

Outpatient surgeries continue to rise in the U.S., with more than 65% of procedures now performed outside the hospital. The shift accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic and has persisted, with ...

ASCs are here to stay as an increasingly central pillar in the U.S. healthcare system. In its annual report to Congress released March 12, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission found that the ...

Tysons Corner, Va.-based IR Centers and Cherry Hill-based New Jersey Urology have entered into a strategic partnership to open advanced outpatient interventional radiology centers.  The new centers, ...

Optum Health posted adjusted earnings of $1.3 billion in first-quarter 2026, ahead of analyst expectations, driven by what leaders called a return to “disciplined, integrated value-based care,” in an ...

As more complex care moves out of hospitals, ASCs are entering a new phase of growth, one defined not by single specialties, but by integrated, multispecialty platforms. These models bring together ...

Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare Chair and CEO Saum Sutaria, MD, received $43,108,969 in total compensation in 2025, up from $24,661,553 the prior year, according to a proxy statement filed April 16 with ...

New gastroenterology, endoscopy and bariatric facilities have been concentrated in the South so far in 2026. Becker’s has reported on a total of 16 new GI practices in 2026, seven of which were ...

For the last 20 years, the consolidation of physician practices has been a growing phenomenon in healthcare. In 2024, just 42% of physicians worked in private practice, down from 60% in 2012. Nearly ...

Pinecroft, a commercial real estate firm, has broken ground on a $16.2 million medical office building in Shenandoah, Texas, according to an April 14 report from RE Journals. The nearly ...

Johnson & Johnson is introducing an AI-enabled cardiac mapping.  The new Cartosound Sonatamodule integrates with the company’s CARTO System to convert intracardiac echocardiography images into ...

As CMS expands the list of approved cardiac procedures in ASCs, independent operators are finding that reimbursement rates often fail to cover the true cost of care. Amanda Ryan, MD, interventional ...