Health systems have continued to expand their outpatient footprints in 2026 through physician practice acquisitions, acquiring groups across specialties including cardiovascular care, pediatrics, ...

PRISM Vision, the ophthalmology platform McKesson acquired in April 2025, is set to acquire Spectrum Vision Partners from private equity firm Blue Sea Capital, according to documents reviewed by ...

A former senior director at Optum has been sentenced to 36 months in prison for creating a no-show job for a friend and pocketing more than $950,000 in kickbacks from the fraudulent salary over three ...

Memorial Medical Center plan to open an orthopedic-focused ASC.  The facility will include three operating rooms and be located adjacent to the Torrance Memorial campus, according to an Aug. 25 news ...

Ravi Chari, MD, the CEO of Orthopedic Solutions Management, said the model behind his company’s growth is simple: Give physicians real control, and the rest follows. OSM, a majority physician-owned ...

At least 25 states have proposed or enacted laws restricting private equity’s involvement in healthcare, according to an Aug. 25 report from Stateline. The regulatory push appears to be having an ...

The Federal Trade Commission has finalized a consent order requiring Ascension Health Alliance to divest seven Amsurg ASCs across five markets as a condition of its $3.9 billion acquisition of Amsurg, ...

Neurosurgeons have the highest annual compensation out of any physician specialty, bringing in an average of nearly $830,000, more than $75,000 higher than the second-highest-paid specialty , ...

Five cases involving physicians and physician-adjacent fraud schemes have surfaced in a single month, collectively totaling more than $195 million in alleged fraud, settlements and indictments. Here ...

For nearly as long as health insurers have used prior authorization to control costs, physicians and hospitals have argued it does more harm than good. The pushback against prior authorization has ...

Nashville-based SurgNet Health Partners has appointed Cathy Kowalski as chief executive officer, effective July 13, according to an Aug. 25 news release shared with Becker’s. Ms. Kowalski brings more ...

Eyecare technology developer Sightview has launched an upgraded electronic health record and practice management platform for ophthalmologists.  The platform includes updated workflows, end-to-end ...