In the past month, several significant hospital and health system deals have taken place that could have downstream implications for ASCs. Here are five key developments: Emory, Houston Healthcare ...

Des Moines, Iowa-based MercyOne Medical Center has been delaying procedures amid a shake-up with its longtime anesthesia partner, according to a June 6 report from CBS affiliate KCCI. The system ...

A Louisiana man pleaded guilty to his role in a $3.8 million fraud scheme involving medically unnecessary medical equipment and physician kickbacks, the Justice Department said in a June 5 news ...

As more procedures shift to outpatient settings, consolidation of physician groups, ASCs and platforms is likely to continue. Private equity has carved out its place in healthcare and will keep ...

As the healthcare landscape shifts, ASCs are at the center of change. Robert Nelson, PA-C, former executive director of Island Eye Surgicenter, joined Becker’s to offer two predictions on where ASCs ...

Strong anesthesia partnerships are vital to ASC performance, particularly as securing coverage becomes more and more difficult. Jeff Tieder, MSN, CRNA, clinical assistant professor in the nurse ...

Many medical, dental, and veterinary practices have multiple facilities and parts of the business operating on several ...

Sutter Health has started construction on the Sutter Advanced Neurosciences Complex at Mission Bernal in San Francisco.  The $442 million, 129,000-square-foot facility will include a neurology ...

Hickory, N.C.-based Frye Regional Medical Center, a Duke Lifepoint facility, has added gastroenterology services. Simon Allport, MD, a gastroenterologist who specializes in treating digestive ...

St. Louis-based Ascension, one of the nation’s largest nonprofit health systems, has sold or consolidated about 35 hospitals across the country in the last 16 months.  Here are five mergers and ...

As economic pressures mount and payer dynamics shift, ASCs are turning a sharper eye toward their contracting strategies. Leaders say proactive contract management is not just a back-office function, ...

Joseph Conahan, Jr., MD, co-founder of Pocono Eye Associates in East Stroudsburg, Pa., has died June 3 at the age of 81, according to a June 5 obituary posted in the Pocono Record. Before co-founding ...