Maine became the latest state to exempt most ASCs from certificate-of-need review in 2026, one of nine states that changed CON rules this year. Tennessee will stop requiring CON for new ASCs Dec. 1, ...

Naperville, Ill.-based Fox Valley Imaging has been acquired by Downers Grove, Ill.-based Duly Health and Care, according to an Oct. 27 news release. The independent imaging center has served ...

For most of 2026, the read on the expiration of enhanced ACA premium tax credits has been that hospitals take the hit while ASCs, with their commercial- and Medicare-heavy payer mix, stay insulated.

California has seven hospitals on Healthgrades’ list of America’s 50 Best Hospitals for Outpatient Prostate Care, the most of any state. Florida and Texas follow with five each, and New York has four.

Blood-based colorectal cancer screening is scaling fast, and a second FDA-approved test launched Sept. 30. For GI ASCs, the question is whether those tests feed colonoscopy volume or replace it. The ...

The American College of Gastroenterology has named the winners of its nine awards for 2026 during its award ceremony on Oct. 10. Here are the ACG’s award winners for 2026: ...

Physicians are being sued less often than at any point in the last decade, but medical liability premiums rose for the seventh straight year in 2025. Insurers say larger payouts are driving the ...

A Texas physician and a retired U.S. Postal Service employee have been charged in an alleged scheme to bill a federal workers ...

The North Carolina Supreme Court has agreed to hear two AdventHealth challenges to certificates of need that state regulators awarded to Asheville-based Mission Health, part of Nashville, Tenn.-based ...

The North Carolina Supreme Court has agreed to hear two certificate-of-need cases in which AdventHealth is challenging state decisions involving Mission Health and the North Carolina Department of ...

UT Health Austin’s specialty practice and ASC now operate as UT Dell Medicine, according to an Oct. 27 news release. The practice provides specialty care in orthopedics, gastroenterology, ...

Physician independence in orthopedics isn’t dying, but it is being redefined. For surgeons, it no longer means a solo practice and a handful of insurance contracts. It means owning the facility, ...