CMS’ addition of 573 codes to the ASC covered procedure list for 2026 has sparked new interest from ASC leaders in expanding service lines. But the logistics, investments and operational tools ...

Surgery on Sunday, a Lexington, Ky.-based nonprofit, is expanding free outpatient surgical care as demand from uninsured patients rises, NBC affiliate WBIR reported Aug. 10. The organization has ...

Three Gables Surgery, an outpatient surgical facility in Proctorville, Ohio, is ending operations later this year, according to an Aug. 10 report from WSAZ. The center will start a phased closure and ...

Anesthesia Group of Albany (N.Y.), has disclosed a data breach that exposed patients’ personal and medical information, according to a notice filed with the Vermont Attorney General’s office Aug. 7.

Anesthesia stipends continue to skyrocket, with the share of ASCs expecting to pay stipends jumping from 28% in 2024 to 44% in 2025, according to a VMG Health report, a 57% increase in a single year.

Wilford Gibson, MD, president of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and partner at Virginia Beach, Va.-based Atlantic Orthopaedic Specialists, knows how little financial cushion an ...

Under the recently finalized joint replacement model from CMS, hospitals are financially accountable for every readmission, complication and therapy bill in a 90-day joint replacement episode, even ...

American College of Cardiology Past President Robert Frye, MD, has died at age 94 after a career spanning more than 70 years in medicine, the ACC announced Aug. 7. Dr. Frye served as ACC president ...

The former CFO of Massachusetts-based spinal implant company SpineFrontier has been sentenced to four months in prison for his role in a kickback scheme that paid more than $540,000 in sham consulting ...

Wausau, Wis.-based GI Associates is building a new gastroenterology clinic and endoscopy center in Rhinelander, Wis., according to an Aug. 10 report from Northwoods Star Journal. The ...

Demand for GI care is rising as colorectal cancer screening expands to younger patients, but the specialist workforce isn’t keeping pace. For GI practices, that capacity crunch could also point to one ...

From a first-quarter earnings beat to a wave of physician practice closures and a fresh entanglement in ASC antitrust remedies, Optum has spent the past few months navigating a mix of financial ...