Becker’s ASC

Value-based care contracts are already reshaping how some ASCs get paid, but physicians say most payer conversations still circle back to cost rather than outcomes. At Becker’s 32nd Annual Business and Operations of ASCs conference in Chicago, three physicians discussed…

Medical school teaches physicians how to operate, not how to build an operating room. For physician owners taking on a new ASC, that means getting up to speed fast on land deals, zoning, easements and floor plans. Leo Spector, MD,…

Louisville, Ky.-based Women First of Louisville, an all-female physician OB-GYN practice, will join Norton Healthcare in spring 2027. Women First offers obstetric and gynecologic care including wellness exams, pregnancy care, gynecologic surgery, menopause management, breast imaging and diagnostic testing. The…

Primary hip and knee replacement has moved toward shorter stays and recovery at home. Revision surgery hasn’t kept pace, according to the American Joint Replacement Registry’s 2026 annual report, released Nov. 5 by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. The…

Matt Lambert, MD, a 55-year-old emergency medicine physician and longtime health technology executive, has been identified by police as the gunman who killed one person and wounded four others Nov. 12 in Washington, D.C. Jeffrey Carroll, the Metropolitan Police Department’s…

Implants are among the costliest items in an ASC and can exceed a procedure’s total reimbursement, according to a December 2025 Advantien article. Some leaders say a key reason those costs are hard to cut is how surgeons come to…

Edgard Salazar, MD, of Armonk, N.Y., has been indicted for allegedly conspiring to bill Medicare for thousands of consultations that never happened and millions of dollars in orthotic braces patients didn’t want or need, according to a Nov. 12 news…

Health systems have bought independent practices in orthopedics, family medicine, women’s health and dermatology this fall. One of the deals came out of a bankruptcy auction, and another is being challenged in court. Here are five deals involving an independent…