Becker’s ASC

For independent orthopedic surgeons, owning a surgery center was once a way to get ahead. Increasingly, it may be the only way to keep up. As physician reimbursement declines and the cost of running a practice continues to climb, Justin…

Total joint replacement has become one of the clearest growth engines in ambulatory surgery. Medicare is clearing the last regulatory barriers, facility rates for joints are rising and the largest ASC operators report double-digit joint growth. Surgeon pay cuts, a…

Care New England Medical Group, part of Providence, R.I.-based Care New England, opened a 45,000-square-foot ambulatory care center in East Greenwich, R.I. It dedicated the center’s primary care floor to Care New England President and CEO Michael Wagner, MD. The…

Obstetrics and trauma were the anesthesia subspecialties that interested student nurse anesthetists most in a recent survey from U.S. Anesthesia Partners, a physician-owned anesthesia practice. The organization surveyed 121 student registered nurse anesthetists (SRNAs) at its fourth annual Future Leaders…

The leaders on this list run everything from a single cardiology center in rural New Mexico to a network of more than 370 sites. They’re working through the questions shaping outpatient surgery in 2026: which cases leave the hospital next,…

CMS’ proposed 2027 outpatient and ASC payment rule drew 2,180 public comments, and 340B dominated them. About 1,000 submissions weighed in on a proposal to cut Medicare payment for 340B drugs by nearly 40%, a fight that pitted hospitals against…

ASC dealmaking has been tied to a familiar set of structures over the last decade, with private equity partners buying in alongside physician owners, a management company running the business side and, often, a sale-leaseback that turns the building into…

A federal judge has ordered Unum Life Insurance Company of America to pay Dr. Nicholas Grosso $1,045,045.35 in lost long-term disability benefits, finding the insurer mishandled his claim. Senior U.S. District Judge Richard D. Bennett of the U.S. District Court…