Becker’s ASC

Patrick McEneaney, DPM, always planned to own a practice. He didn’t plan on doing it five years out of residency. Dr. McEneaney was working for a practice when its owner gave him a choice: buy it, or watch it go…

Two Nashville-based Lipscomb University faculty members, Todd Christian and Joseph Parrish, became the first certified anesthesiologist assistants to manage anesthesia cases in Tennessee operating rooms on Oct. 20. The cases took place at HCA Centennial Medical Center in Nashville. They…

New Brunswick, N.J.-based St. Peter’s Healthcare System’s Oct. 14 lawsuit against West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health and former board member Maureen Cernadas, MD, is about one OB-GYN group in central New Jersey. It also shows how health systems compete for…

As publicly traded companies and private equity-backed platforms expand their ASC footprints, Daniel Tasset said the trend is moving healthcare in the wrong direction. Mr. Tasset is founder, CEO and executive chairman of Leawood, Kan.-based NueHealth, which develops and manages…

New York’s highest court unanimously ruled that Buffalo-based Kaleida Health’s self-insurance plan covered a physician treating patients on call. The ruling puts the health system on the hook for most of a malpractice settlement above the physician’s primary policy. The…

NorthStar Anesthesia has added 17 ASC partnerships nationwide so far in 2026, the Irving, Texas-based anesthesia provider said Oct. 23. The 2026 partners include CarePlex Orthopaedic Ambulatory Surgery Center in Norfolk, Va.; Stony Point Surgery Center and West Creek Surgery…

Drug distributor Cencora plans to buy American Oncology Network, which takes it further into physician practice management. Analysts see the deal as a continuation of Cencora’s current strategy, not a pivot. Conshohocken, Pa.-based Cencora announced the definitive agreement Oct. 21.…

Surgeon-owners have been the beating heart of ASC growth over the last several decades as more physicians look to make a shift towards independent practice, bringing surgical cases with them to the center. But that exchange depends on a steady…