The FTC’s consent order requiring Ascension to divest seven ASCs before closing its $3.9 billion acquisition of AmSurg sent a clear message to the industry that outpatient surgery is valuable enough ...

Spine surgery continues to evolve through advances in minimally invasive procedures, robotic-assisted technologies, motion-preserving treatments and complex deformity correction. Across the country, a ...

Although staffing shortages and reimbursement pressure get a lot of attention in ASC conversations, Tom Valentine, the new president of Wellbridge Surgical, thinks the harder problem is physician ...

Missouri health insurers would be prohibited from limiting payment for anesthesia services based on the length of a procedure under legislation awaiting action from Gov. Mike Kehoe, according to a ...

From a state oversight process that killed an ASC rather than saved it to the federal government’s largest ASC antitrust action in history, here are five controversies that every operator should know.

Plano, Texas-based Kaye/Bassman International merged its ambulatory surgery center and surgical hospital recruiting practice with its hospital and nursing leadership division, the firm announced Feb.

The No Surprises Act, implemented in 2022, was designed to shield patients from unexpected medical bills and set up an independent dispute resolution process for payers and physician groups to settle ...

The Aurora-based University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus’ inflammatory bowel disease biobank has partnered with health technology company Network.Bio to expand research into gastrointestinal ...

Optum is set to close a primary care practice in Zionsville, Ind., at the end of June, according to a June 3 report from Current Publishing. Optum Primary Care will close June 26. The company has also ...

Anesthesiologist average advertised salaries shifted significantly between the final quarter of 2025 and the first quarter of 2026, with several states posting gains well into six figures, according ...

Camden, N.J.-based Cooper University Health Care is planning to build a $300 million multispecialty outpatient campus in Gloucester Township, N.J.  The more than 180,000-square-foot campus will ...

Musculoskeletal surgeries performed in ASCs are projected to generate $13.5 billion in Medicare fee-for-service savings from 2025 to 2034, overtaking digestive system procedures to become the ...