The ASC industry of 2036 could look considerably different from the facilities dominating the market today. As higher-acuity procedures continue migrating out of hospitals, ASC leaders expect the next ...

NICUs, home health, ASCs and more, leaving physicians and ASC operators to navigate shifting referral patterns and care gaps in their markets. Here are the 10 hospitals closing services in the last ...

St. Louis-based SSM Health opened its 40,000-square-foot outpatient center in Verona, Wis., which will be available to the public Sept. 14. The center will offer primary and specialty care as well as ...

UnitedHealthcare negotiated significantly lower facility fees than rival insurers at the very ASCs it owns, according to a study published in the September issue of Health Affairs. Researchers from ...

Optum’s SCA Health now operates more than 370 ASCs and surgical hospitals across 38 states, with more than 60 health system partners and thousands of total joint replacements performed every month.

The cost of building an ASC from scratch has climbed sharply since the pandemic, driven largely by a jump in per-square-foot construction costs. For physician groups and ASC operators weighing growth, ...

The American Society of Anesthesiologists partnered with HaloMD, a healthcare technology company specializing in IDR processes, joining its Innovator Supporter Program.  Members of the ASA Innovator ...

Patients who have relied on the same Schenectady, N.Y., cardiology practice for years — some for decades — are watching a legal fight between Ellis Hospital and St. Peter’s Health Partners Medical ...

Noncompete agreements continue to fuel legal battles across healthcare, with recent cases involving cardiologists, CRNAs and competing physician groups. The disputes highlight how restrictive ...

Patients who actually completed an at-home colorectal cancer screening kit had a 43% lower risk of dying from the disease, according to a study published Aug. 21 in JAMA Network Open. Researchers from ...

ASCs are in the midst of an active wave of consolidation and outside investment. On Sept. 14, a House Judiciary subcommittee will hold a hearing on healthcare fraud and competition that could inform ...

States that have not adopted Medicaid expansion under the ACA significantly outperformed expansion states in a new 50-state Medicaid governance ranking from the Heartland Institute. The report scores ...