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 ...

Ophthalmology Limited has expanded its Eye Surgery Center in Sioux Falls, S.D., adding operating room capacity and two new specialty services. The ASC now has four operating rooms, along with ...

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 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 ...

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, ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Physician pay rose again in 2025, but some reports are showing ASC administrator pay didn’t keep pace. Physician compensation climbed 3% in 2025, rising from $374,000 to $386,000, per year according ...

CMS has spent months cracking down on suspected fraud among durable medical equipment suppliers, sharing two major updates in recent weeks: a new round of Medicare Advantage payment bars and the ...