The consolidation of independent ASCs by hospitals, health systems and other corporate entities has become the norm — but some arrangements are proving to be more fitting for ASC teams than others.

Brentwood, Tenn.-based Surgery Partners has been pursuing a portfolio optimization effort for several quarters, with the goal of shedding larger surgical hospital assets that don’t fit its core ...

Anthem is broadening its moderate sedation reimbursement policy changes to additional states, with Maine set to see the updates take effect Aug. 1, according to a May 1 notice posted on the payer’s ...

Sunrise, Fla.-based North American Partners in Anesthesia has partnered with Brooks-TLC Hospital in Dunkirk, N.Y., an affiliate of Buffalo, N.Y.-based Kaleida Health. The acute care community hospital ...

A Texas physician has been convicted by a federal jury of unlawfully distributing more than a million pills of opioids and other controlled substances through a cash-only Houston strip mall clinic, ...

Inpatient care is disappearing from several hospitals across the country as the long-term shift toward outpatient services accelerates. Total inpatient stays dropped from 9.2 million in 2019 to 6.9 ...

AmSurg’s history is unlike the other major ASC chains, shaped by a series of massive ownership transformations that each reshaped its identity and risk profile. Starting as the pioneer of the ...

Brentwood, Tenn.-based Surgery Partners increased revenue by 4.5% in the first quarter compared to 2025, according to its financial results posted May 5.  Here are nine more notes on the ASC giant’s f ...

Two Georgia men have been sentenced for their roles in a scheme to submit more than $522 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare, Medicaid and private insurers for medically unnecessary genetic tests ...

As CMS expands its coverage of cardiovascular procedures performed at ASCs and new technologies redefine what is possible in the outpatient setting, ASC leaders are paying close attention to the ...

Here are five hospitals and health systems that have made investments in ASC development or expansion in the last month, as ...

Miami-based Pediatrica Health Group has acquired a long-established pediatric practice in Westchester, Fla., according to a May 5 news release. The acquired practice is led by Juan Ruiz-Unger, MD, who ...