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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 clarity and length.  Question: What are your ASCs’ top…

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, rising denials, and shrinking reimbursement, all as supply and operating…

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 Maryland School of Medicine and…

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 practices. The ASC market has become a magnet for health systems,…

Adam Berry, CEO of Woodbury, Minn.-based Summit Orthopedics, told Becker’s he expects 2026 to be the point where macroeconomic pressure collides with a maturing ASC market, with patient demand slowing and expense management becoming a defining competency. Mr. Berry joined…

Dover, Del.-based Bayhealth has launched a congestive heart failure clinic, the first dedicated clinic of its kind in the state’s Kent and Sussex counties.  The specialty clinic operates out of Bayhealth Cardiology locations in Dover and Milford. It is designed…

Jim Freund, managing partner at Physician Transaction Advisors, joined Becker’s to discuss how the biggest surprise he’s seen in the ASC partnership market is from lawmakers and regulators stepping in to block or scrutinize deals he believes are “really for…

C. David Mintz, MD, PhD, has been named chair of anesthesiology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine and chief of anesthesiology at University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore, effective July 2026. Dr. Mintz currently serves as vice…

Louisville, Ky.-based Norton Heart & Vascular Institute performed Kentucky’s first transcatheter tricuspid valve replacement using the Evoque system.  The catheter-based procedure, developed by Edwards Lifesciences, treats severe tricuspid regurgitation and offers a less invasive alternative to open-heart surgery. The Evoque…

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 access, and complex reimbursement systems. This paper proposes a three-tiered,…