ASCs and anesthesia practices are feeling a financial squeeze as reimbursement rates fail to keep pace with rising operational costs. Here is a look at how CMS’ reimbursement rates for anesthesia have ...

Gastrointestinal cancers are expected to double globally by 2050, according to a new multi-institutional study co-led by Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai, among others. The authors’ projections are ...

A cardiologist at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center argued to the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that his former employer targeted him after he published an article opposing diversity, ...

Greenville, S.C.-based Prisma Health is expanding its operations into the ASC and outpatient space, signaled by a recent joint venture partnership and capital investment. The nonprofit organization, ...

Custom Surgical Partners and Ambulatory Strategies have formed a strategic partnership to create a unified consulting platform focused exclusively on ASCs. The partnership was finalized Feb. 5.

Strategic Radiology, a national coalition of radiology practices, has added a 14-physician radiology practice in Kentucky.  Central Kentucky Radiology, based in Lexington, joined the coalition. With ...

Greenville, N.C.-based ECU Health has opened two gastroenterology and endoscopy practices in Roanoke Rapids, N.C., according to a March 3 news release. The practice openings follow ECU Health’s ...

Cardiology is rapidly developing into a competitive and consolidated landscape as more procedures become approved in the outpatient setting and the demand for cardiovascular services remains high ...

JLL Income Property Trust has acquired West Boston Medical Center, a 53,000-square-foot outpatient complex in Watertown, Mass., for approximately $32 million, according to a March 4 Weekly Real Estate ...

Medford, Ore.-based Asante has renewed its multi-year contract with Southern Oregon Anesthesia to continue providing anesthesia services systemwide. The group’s 44 physicians and five CRNAs will ...

CommonSpirit Senior Executive Vice President and CFO Michael Browning said the Chicago-based system needs to diversify its portfolio operationally and on the investment side and sees ASCs as a “good ...

Colorado Springs, Colo.-based Vanguard Skin Specialists has begun construction on a 9,000-square-foot expansion of its Pueblo, Colo., location that will include a new ASC and specialty suites, ...