Gastroenterologists are drawing the biggest starting offers of any specialty, but they rank in the middle on lifestyle and above average on burnout. Pay: Gastroenterology was the highest-paid ...
Masked intruders broke into a future minimally invasive spine surgery center in Harris County, Texas, at least five times in five days and took a computer used for medical recordkeeping, Tegna ...
Anesthesia leaders are steering through staffing shortages, payer pressure on reimbursement and rising case complexity in ASCs. “The vast majority of anesthesia being provided is not generating the ...
Westchester, Ill.-based Avanza + MedHQ has formally launched a non-equity management offering for ASCs and physician practices that lets providers get full-service management without giving up ...
Cardiac ablation volume rose sharply in 2025, the same year CMS cleared the procedure for ASCs, according to MedAxiom’s 2026 “Cardiovascular Provider Compensation and Production Survey.” Ablations per ...
Physicians and practices win most No Surprises Act payment disputes. Collecting on those wins is another matter. Two federal appeals courts have now ruled that providers cannot sue insurers to enforce ...
At a health system, the shoulder sling a patient goes home in may come down to a contract signed far from the OR. A surgeon-owner at an Illinois ASC said physician ownership lets surgeons make that ...
For generations, physicians have focused on the next patient and left policy and the business of medicine to others. Michael Verdon, DO, a neurosurgeon in Dayton, Ohio, believes that model is ...
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, ...
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 Joint Replacement, the most of any state. Maryland and New Jersey follow with four each, while ...
On Oct. 26, Cincinnati-based Bon Secours Mercy Health agreed to acquire Brentwood, Tenn.-based Surgery Partners through its affiliate HealthSpan Partners in a take-private deal valued at about $5.7 ...