Two Sutter Health facilities, including an ASC, have agreed to pay $3.2 million to resolve allegations of failing to guard against the theft and diversion of controlled substances, the Justice ...

Despite policy efforts to increase reimbursement, spending per Medicare beneficiary on primary care physicians fell from $438 in 2017 to $420 in 2023, according to a March report published in Health ...

Anesthesia coverage is emerging as one of the most critical and fragile operational pillars for ASCs. ASC leaders repeatedly cite the convergence of workforce shortages, reimbursement pressure and ...

Phoenix-based Cardiovascular Consultants has agreed to pay $3.85 million to settle a class action lawsuit related to a 2023 data breach, according to a March 30 report from Claim Depot.  In September ...

Practice owners receive only 35% of income from salary compared to 69.5% for employees, with 40.8% from productivity and 18.2% from practice financial performance, according to the American Medical ...

As outpatient surgery continues its rapid migration from hospitals, a tension is emerging: the same payers pushing care into lower-cost settings are also making it harder to deliver it. From prior ...

In December 2025, HHS, alongside the Labor and Treasury departments, proposed significant updates to healthcare price transparency rules. Comments for the proposed updates were due by March 2, 2026, ...

Legislators in Tennessee have delayed a vote on a bill that would loosen the state’s certificate-of-need laws, the TimesNews reported March 30. The vote was originally set for March 30. Its sponsor, ...

Orthopedics is driving some of the fastest growth in ASCs, but for many operators, higher volume is not translating into stronger margins. Behind the shift of joint and spine cases into outpatient ...

Roxana Mehran, MD, assumed the role of president of the American College of Cardiology March 30. According to a news release, Dr. Mehran, an interventional cardiologist, will serve a one-year term ...

Employment-based noncompete agreements will become void and unenforceable in Washington by June 30, 2027, the National Law Review reported March 30. The new law will apply retroactively to all ...

The owner of a Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based telemedicine company has pleaded guilty to organizing and leading a $46.2 million Medicare fraud conspiracy, the Justice Department said in a March 27 news ...