Anesthesia is fighting policy battles on multiple fronts — against CMS over proposed pay cuts and against payers over billing rules. For ASCs, how these fights play out will shape what anesthesia ...
Neurosurgery is the highest-paying physician specialty, with a median of $954,500, but it ranks last of 36 specialties for lifestyle balance, according to a Sept. 22 analysis from physician salary ...
Anesthesiologist Ellis Richard “Rich” Clark, MD, won a $1.6 million whistleblower verdict against Northbank Surgical Center in Salem, Ore. The center fired him after he raised patient safety concerns, ...
Optum is cutting back its physician footprint, which could leave private equity sponsors with fewer buyers for mature physician practice management platforms, according to a Sept. 22 blog post from ...
West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health held a ribbon-cutting ceremony Sept. 16 for a new multispecialty ambulatory care center in Toms River, N.J. The facility is called the Toms River Nexus ...
Cottage Medical Group has opened Cottage Urology Clinic in Goleta, Calif., expanding its urology services on California’s Central Coast, the Santa Barbara Independent reported Sept. 22. The clinic ...
Alabama’s Certificate of Need Review Board approved two hospital-converted ASCs focused on orthopedic and pain management services, according to a Sept. 22 report from The National Law Review. The ...
Urology has been a steady source of ASC news this year, as private equity firms and MSOs continue to build scale in the specialty and operators see room for more surgical volume to move into ASCs.
Gastroenterology practices are struggling to secure anesthesia coverage for endoscopy, and a new American College of Gastroenterology task force report points to staffing, cost and training gaps ...
Private equity ownership has become increasingly common across physician practices over the last decade, with investors backing groups in specialties like anesthesiology, orthopedics, gastroenterology ...
The Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing at UC Davis has moved its first nurse anesthesia doctoral cohort into clinical training. According to a Sept. 23 news release, the 16 students marked the move ...
ASCs had their biggest deal year on record in 2026, with two mega-transactions, both health systems, closing on the very same day. Here are the five largest ASC-related deals of the year by dollar ...