The FTC’s consent order requiring Ascension to divest seven ASCs before closing its $3.9 billion acquisition of AmSurg sent a clear message to the industry that outpatient surgery is valuable enough ...

From a state oversight process that killed an ASC rather than saved it to the federal government’s largest ASC antitrust action in history, here are five controversies that every operator should know.

Optum is set to close a primary care practice in Zionsville, Ind., at the end of June, according to a June 3 report from Current Publishing. Optum Primary Care will close June 26. The company has also ...

Plano, Texas-based Kaye/Bassman International merged its ambulatory surgery center and surgical hospital recruiting practice with its hospital and nursing leadership division, the firm announced Feb.

Pairing a low average cost per case alongside strong outcomes can give independent ASCs a leg up when negotiating contracts with payers. For ASCs that are affiliated with a health system, same-day ...

In the highest annual total in the history of the statute, the Department of Justice’s False Claims Act settlements and judgments exceeded $6.8 billion in fiscal year 2025, with more than $5.7 billion ...

Camden, N.J.-based Cooper University Health Care is planning to build a $300 million multispecialty outpatient campus in Gloucester Township, N.J.  The more than 180,000-square-foot campus will ...

Ascension has completed its $3.9 billion acquisition of AmSurg, expanding the St. Louis-based health system’s ASC network to more than 300 centers nationwide, according to a June 4 news release, but ...

Spine surgery continues to evolve through advances in minimally invasive procedures, robotic-assisted technologies, motion-preserving treatments and complex deformity correction. Across the country, a ...

U.S. Anesthesia Partners and the Federal Trade Commission reached an agreement in principle on April 23 to resolve a landmark antitrust case that accused USAP of buying up nearly every large ...

The No Surprises Act was designed to protect patients from unexpected medical bills. Four years into its implementation, the law’s independent dispute resolution process has generated new financial ...

Five vascular and interventional medical societies issued a joint statement challenging a federal watchdog report that flagged $105 million in potentially unnecessary peripheral artery disease ...