Becker’s ASC

Four specialties pay more than $480,000 and score at or above average on Marit Health’s lifestyle index: dermatology, ophthalmology, radiation oncology and radiology. Otolaryngology falls just short, at 0.98. Seven high-paying specialties, led by neurosurgery, rank 24th or lower. The…

Larger independent gastroenterology groups price roughly on par with private equity-backed practices, according to a Jiro Health benchmark. The finding suggests the contracting advantage often credited to PE ownership may come from scale itself. The data comes from Jiro’s Gastroenterology…

Anesthesia leaders are steering through staffing shortages, payer pressure on reimbursement and rising case complexity in ASCs.  “The vast majority of anesthesia being provided is not generating the revenue to pay for the expenses,” Cory Koenig, DO, told Becker’s in…

The federal physician self-referral law has been on the books since 1989. Its exceptions, and the exceptions to those exceptions, still trip up physicians, hospitals and ASC operators. A federal judge in West Virginia said the law “has evolved into…

Cardiac ablation volume rose sharply in 2025, the same year CMS cleared the procedure for ASCs, according to MedAxiom’s 2026 “Cardiovascular Provider Compensation and Production Survey.” Ablations per 1,000 patients rose 29% in one year. Per electrophysiologist, they climbed from…

Cardiology is moving out of the hospital, and the cardiologists below are steering where it lands. The number of single-specialty cardiology ASCs grew from 55 to 221 between 2018 and 2023. Meanwhile, CMS added 573 codes to the 2026 ASC…

A federal grand jury indicted Mikia Noble, co-owner and COO of Richmond, Va.-area mental health provider Advancing Communities Everywhere, in an alleged $49 million Virginia Medicaid fraud scheme, the Justice Department said in an Oct. 28 news release.  Ms. Noble,…

Total cash compensation for general, cardiac and pediatric anesthesiologists has risen 14% to 16% since 2024, according to SullivanCotter’s 2026 Physician Compensation and Productivity Survey, released Sept. 17. The survey covers 575 healthcare organizations, about 235,000 physicians and 240 specialties.…