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.

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 ...

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 ...

A bipartisan group of senators led by Senator Brian Schatz, a Democrat from Hawaii, introduced the Ensuring Access to General Surgery Act of 2026, legislation that would create the first formal ...

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 ...

As a shortage of physician anesthesiologists persists across the country and the demand for outpatient surgical services continues to rise, many ASCs have shifted increasingly towards anesthesia ...

The cost of running an ASC has never been higher. Anesthesia stipends, labor costs and supply inflation get most of the attention, but the rent line on the income statement could be moving faster than ...

At least 79 bills addressing private equity transactions and investor-backed ownership in healthcare have been introduced across 26 states in 2026 alone, according to a May analysis published in The ...

New York has the highest concentration of anesthesiologists relative to its population, with roughly 37 anesthesiologists per 100,000 residents, according to a analysis of May 2025 Bureau of Labor ...

Newtown, Pa.-based DermDox Group has acquired Modern Aesthetics Plastic Surgery, a three-location aesthetic medicine and plastic surgery practice in Pennsylvania, according to a June 22 news release.

As GLP-1 drugs continue reshaping gastroenterology, bariatrics and chronic disease care, physicians face growing legal exposure — and experts say preparation now is the clearest path to protection.