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The Sayre, Pa.-based Guthrie Clinic has opened an outpatient orthopedic and spine surgery center in Johnson City, N.Y., expanding access to advanced musculoskeletal care in the area.  The Guthrie Broome Orthopedic and Spine Surgery Center is the region’s first facility…

For many ambulatory surgery center leaders, anesthesia has quietly become the fault line where financial and clinical realities intersect. What was once a stable, predictable service line is now one of the most dynamic sources of both risk and opportunity.…

Philadelphia-based Temple Health’s Fox Chase Cancer Center appointed David Weinberg, MD, as vice president and physician lead of the cancer screening and prevention service line and associate director of cancer screening and prevention for the Institute for Cancer Research, according…

Talmage Egan, MD, is stepping down from his role as chair of the department of anesthesiology, perioperative and pain medicine at the University of Utah.  Dr. Egan has spent more than three decades at the university, including 11 years as…

The ASC market has become more competitive in recent years as hospitals, health systems and other corporate entities compete for surgical volumes and shift towards value-based care models. At the same time, independent practices have diminished as hospital employment among…

Physician-owned Pelto Health Partners has launched an ASC platform initiative, expanding its vendor ecosystem to include resources for ASC development and management, according to a Feb. 25 press release. The initiative is designed to allow physicians to navigate the complex…

ASCs have been cropping up across the South in 2026 as hospitals, health systems and other stakeholders look to expand access to surgical services and shift towards value-based care. Here are seven new ASC developments in the South, as reported…

After years of steady migration into hospital employment, some physicians are beginning to reconsider whether the security of a paycheck is worth the trade-offs.  For Joshua Siegel, MD, director of orthopaedic sports medicine at Exeter, N.H.-based Access Sports Medicine and…

Physicians are steadily trading independence for employment as financial, regulatory and operational pressures mount across the healthcare landscape.  From shrinking reimbursement and rising overhead costs to growing administrative complexity, physicians say the business model of private practice is becoming increasingly…

For years, Russ Arjal, MD, a gastroenterologist and co-founder and chief medical officer of WovenX, watched the same pattern repeat itself in gastroenterology. The specialists were skilled. The care was strong. But patients were still falling through the cracks. The…