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The share of ASCs reporting adequate access to anesthesia providers has reached its highest level since 2022, according to the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association’s third-quarter 2026 60-Second Survey, published Oct. 16. Of the 307 surgery centers across 44 states that…

Hospitals and health systems announced 16 transactions in the third quarter of 2026, representing $8.2 billion in total transacted revenue, according to Kaufman Hall’s Q3 2026 M&A report. Deal volume was on par with the third quarter of 2025. Here…

Between the ASC megadeals of 2026 and more traditional practice acquisitions, a set of smaller transactions is changing who owns ASCs and why. Over the past two months, a health plan has signed on as a co-owner of surgery centers,…

Centene is the latest national insurer to roll out a prior authorization gold card program, joining UnitedHealthcare and Humana. For ASCs, the catch is where the exemption lands: in most programs, the gold card belongs to the surgeon’s practice, not…

Seventy-seven percent of medical students and 74% of residents reported carrying debt from medical school, compared with 30% of practicing physicians, according to Medscape’s “Medical School Debt-Management Report 2026.” The report, published Oct. 16, is based on an online survey…

Stamford, Conn.-based physician Steven Murphy, MD, and his practices, Murphy Medical Associates and Diagnostic and Medical Specialists of Greenwich (Conn.), have agreed to pay $866,539 to resolve allegations of COVID-19-related and healthcare fraud, according to an Oct. 16 news release…

CMS has approved B. Braun Medical’s Stimuplex Single-Shot Nerve Block Needles for separate Medicare payment under the Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction in the Nation (NOPAIN) Act, effective retroactively to April 30. The devices qualify as non-opioid medical devices under the law,…

CMS’ final 2026 outpatient payment rule added 560 codes to the ASC covered procedures list and began a three-year sunset of the inpatient-only list. The changes widened the pool of cases ASCs can take. Health systems want the same cases.…