Outpatient surgeries continue to rise in the U.S., with more than 65% of procedures now performed outside the hospital. The shift accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic and has persisted, with ...

The Federal Trade Commission has reached an agreement in principle with U.S. Anesthesia Partners over allegations brought against the company in 2023, claiming that it violated antitrust laws by ...

Tysons Corner, Va.-based IR Centers and Cherry Hill-based New Jersey Urology have entered into a strategic partnership to open advanced outpatient interventional radiology centers.  The new centers, ...

Optum Health posted adjusted earnings of $1.3 billion in first-quarter 2026, ahead of analyst expectations, driven by what leaders called a return to “disciplined, integrated value-based care,” in an ...

As more complex care moves out of hospitals, ASCs are entering a new phase of growth, one defined not by single specialties, but by integrated, multispecialty platforms. These models bring together ...

ASCs are here to stay as an increasingly central pillar in the U.S. healthcare system. In its annual report to Congress released March 12, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission found that the ...

As CMS expands the list of approved cardiac procedures in ASCs, independent operators are finding that reimbursement rates often fail to cover the true cost of care. Amanda Ryan, MD, interventional ...

Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare Chair and CEO Saum Sutaria, MD, received $43,108,969 in total compensation in 2025, up from $24,661,553 the prior year, according to a proxy statement filed April 16 with ...

Johnson & Johnson is introducing an AI-enabled cardiac mapping.  The new Cartosound Sonatamodule integrates with the company’s CARTO System to convert intracardiac echocardiography images into ...

Des Moines, Iowa-based UnityPoint has opened a new colorectal surgery clinic in Waukee, Iowa, CBS affiliate KCCI Des Moines ...

Pinecroft, a commercial real estate firm, has broken ground on a $16.2 million medical office building in Shenandoah, Texas, according to an April 14 report from RE Journals. The nearly ...

Community Health Systems and CPIhealth together announced four ASC acquisitions and openings in a single month, underscoring the accelerating pace of consolidation reshaping the ASC landscape. The ...