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ASC leaders have spent the past year absorbing anesthesia costs that keep climbing. The share of ASCs expecting to pay anesthesia stipends jumped from 28% in 2024 to 44% in 2025, according to a VMG Health survey. One ASC executive…
Two in three U.S. physicians live in states that allow noncompete agreements, according to a study published Oct. 19 in JAMA Internal Medicine. Researchers at Providence, R.I.-based Brown University analyzed state laws as of July 2026. They found that 714,595…
Every health system has goals it would pursue if it had the capacity: close every gap in follow-up care, get patients to the right specialist sooner, keep quality reporting complete and on time, protect the revenue it earns for care…
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The American College of Cardiology is “deeply disappointed” in CMS’ final 2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule, saying several finalized policies will make it harder for cardiovascular clinicians to care for patients. CMS released the final fee schedule Nov. 5, alongside…
Orlando (Fla.) Health Jewett Orthopedic Institute has acquired Florida Sports Injury & Orthopedic Institute, adding six orthopedic and sports medicine physicians in Clermont, Fla., as of Nov. 5. Florida Sports Injury & Orthopedic Institute has served the area since 2011…
Grand Junction, Colo.-based Retina Center of Western Colorado closed Oct. 30 after nearly 30 years, leaving Colorado’s Western Slope with one retina specialist and no comprehensive retina surgery capacity, The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel reported Nov. 5. Two organizations have…
Recoupments are one of the least-visible threats to an ASCs margin. They surface as offsets and provider-level balance adjustments months, sometimes years, after the money was already counted as collected. For surgery centers running lean billing teams, that timing is…
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Four of the eight members HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appointed to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force in September own stock in drugmakers and other companies affected by the panel’s decisions, The New York Times reported Nov. 5.…
Anesthesia coverage has become one of the tightest constraints on ASC growth. The U.S. is projected to face a shortage of 6,300 anesthesiologists by 2036, and more than half of practicing anesthesiologists are older than 55. Private equity has reshaped…
Patients at Optum-owned Crystal Run Healthcare in New York’s Hudson Valley say they’re losing longtime physicians and have been told the practice may cut psychiatry and orthopedic services, News 12 reported Nov. 6. One patient told News 12 she has…
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