Tenet turned hospital company United Surgical Partners International into the nation’s largest ASC operator with 533 centers by 2025.

Regent Surgical has launched interventional radiology as a new specialty for its network with a surgical first.  Georgetown (Texas) Surgery Center recently performed the first artery embolization ...

Allstate filed a federal lawsuit on April 17 alleging Brentwood, Tenn.-based Surgery Partners, and nine of its Florida subsidiaries conducted a coordinated scheme to defraud the payer of millions of ...

St. Louis-based Ascension is poised to become one of the country’s biggest ASC operators, following its June 2025 bid to acquire ASC company AmSurg in a deal reportedly valued at approximately $3.9 ...

A newly published Brookings Institution databook tracking outcomes under the No Surprises Act’s independent dispute resolution process reveals that providers are winning big in arbitration — and that ...

Whether a surgeon’s sex aligns with that of their patient was ruled out as a driver of gender disparities in cardiac surgery outcomes, according to a new study published in the Journal of the American ...

Optum, UnitedHealth Group’s healthcare services arm that includes ASC chain SCA Health, reported $63.7 billion in total revenue for the first quarter of 2026, roughly flat compared to $63.9 billion ...

Chesterfield, Mo.-based Mercy has launched a pilot program to expand access to cardiovascular care for rural patients through ...

Tampa, Fla.-based Physician Partners of America has added Hammad Malik, MD, a board-certified anesthesiologist and fellowship-trained pain management physician, to its South Florida practices, ...

A Florida nursing assistant has been sentenced to nine years in prison for his role in an $11.4 million healthcare fraud conspiracy involving medically unnecessary orthotic braces, the Justice ...

Three states have updated laws governing physician assistants in the law month, expanding practice authority and revising professional titles. Here are the three states: 1. On April 10, Kentucky Gov.

Maple Grove. Minn.-based Francis Medical has announced that Aaron Milbank, MD, performed the first commercial procedure in the Midwest using its Vanquish Water Vapor Ablation System at High Pointe ...