Missouri health insurers would be prohibited from limiting payment for anesthesia services based on the length of a procedure under legislation awaiting action from Gov. Mike Kehoe, according to a ...

Although staffing shortages and reimbursement pressure get a lot of attention in ASC conversations, Tom Valentine, the new president of Wellbridge Surgical, thinks the harder problem is physician ...

Anesthesiologist average advertised salaries shifted significantly between the final quarter of 2025 and the first quarter of 2026, with several states posting gains well into six figures, according ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...