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 ...

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 ...

Rural areas of Tennessee lost hundreds of independent physicians between 2019 and 2024, according to a recent report by the Physicians Advocacy Institute. During that period, rural Tennessee lost 362 ...

Consolidation is on the rise across healthcare, including the anesthesia space. Here are three notes on where efforts to consolidate the anesthesia industry are headed, as recently reported by ...

A House GOP bill, cleared May 22 by a 215–214 vote, would eliminate the pass-through entity tax deduction, a move that many physician groups warn would raise taxes on private medical practices, more ...

Amid a changing healthcare landscape and a shifting regulatory and economic environment, several companies and health systems have made the decision to sell off existing assets for a number of ...

Private equity-backed Capitol Imaging expanded into Georgia with the acquisition of nine outpatient imaging centers. According to a June 3 news release, the nine centers were owned and operated by ...

A federal judge in Chicago has ruled that healthcare practitioners and organizations may pursue lawsuits alleging that MultiPlan and a group of payers colluded to underpay providers by tens of ...

In a year that has already been plagued by hospital closures, several major health systems have decided to discontinue service lines in an effort to save money. Here are 17 health systems that have ...

Contego, a specialized firm focused on revenue optimization for out of-network surgeons, including their ASCs and office-based surgical practices. This partnership expands nimble’s capabilities in ...

In 2019, a landmark CMS ruling opened the door for ASCs to receive Medicare reimbursement for certain angioplasty and stenting procedures. Since then, the number of cardiology procedures occurring in ...

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