Hospitals that cling to higher HOPD reimbursements and resist ASC development risk getting “left behind,” according to Jim ...

Beginning Jan. 1, 2026, ASCs will receive separate Medicare reimbursement for two electronic infusion pumps used in ...

Most ASC leaders Becker’s spoke with summed up the 2025 payer environment in a single word: challenging. Four of the five leaders pointed to intensifying prior authorization and referral requirements, ...

From investing in staff to facility upgrades, five ASC leaders joined Becker’s to discuss what their top priorities for investment are heading into 2026. Editor’s note: These responses were edited for ...

Private equity firms have become major players in the ASC industry through targeted acquisitions, platform building and ...

Here are 22 leadership moves in anesthesia that have taken place since Jan. 1, 2025, as reported by Becker’s: 1. C. David Mintz, MD, PhD, has been named chair of anesthesiology at the University of ...

Providers of healthcare in the US have increasingly been pushed aside and commoditized by hospitals and insurers. As such our healthcare payment system is deeply flawed, with high costs, unequal ...

Brentwood, Tenn.-based Surgery Partners is one of the country’s largest ASC operators, with more than 200 centers across 33 ...

The Senate has failed to advance two competing partisan bills to address healthcare costs ahead of significant price hikes for more than 20 million Americans who buy healthcare plans through the ACA ...

In 2024, Becker’s reported on 11 academic health centers that had opened or were developing new ASCs and outpatient centers. In 2025, that number increased to 14, a move that reflects growing interest ...

Even as most ASCs remain independent, consolidation is picking up speed, fueled by health systems, payers and private equity firms seeking scale, steadier earnings and tighter alignment with physician ...