As the ASC industry continues to grow, ASCs have increasingly become sites of innovation and important points of access for surgical care. Here are three notable ‘firsts’ in the ASC industry so far in 2026: 1. Ortho Rhode Island began…
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Tacoma, Wash.-based MultiCare Health System has agreed to pay more than $3.7 million to resolve allegations that it fraudulently billed government and commercial insurers for spine surgeries performed by a former neurosurgeon. What happened? What’s next?
President Donald Trump has signed a House-approved funding package to end a partial government shutdown, CBS News reported Feb. 3. The House passed the funding bill Feb. 3 by a 217-214 vote. The vote was largely party-line, yet Republicans and…
Carlsbad, N.M.-based Current Clinic completed the state’s first cardiac ablation procedures in an ASC. The cases, performed Jan. 28-30, marked the launch of Current Clinic’s arrhythmia-focused care model, which integrates diagnosis, intervention and long-term management of atrial fibrillation in an…
State lawmakers moved aggressively in 2025 to reshape the healthcare marketplace, enacting a wave of legislation aimed at tightening oversight of consolidation, limiting noncompete agreements, curbing private equity influence and revising certificate-of-need laws. Here are 37 enacted bills related to…
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As ASCs face ongoing workforce constraints, reimbursement pressure and rising expectations around access and efficiency, anesthesia coverage has emerged as a defining operational priority for 2026. ASC leaders across the country joined Becker’s to share the anesthesia coverage elements they…
A partial government shutdown began Jan. 31 after Congress missed a midnight Jan. 30 deadline to approve a revised funding package. Here are five things to know about the shutdown: 1. While the Senate voted 71-29 late Jan. 30 to…
Healthcare real estate developer PMB and Abrazo Health have opened a medical office building in Goodyear, Ariz. Abrazo Health Litchfield Medical Building is 46,000 square feet and includes 24 beds for outpatient services and inpatient rehabilitation services. This is the…
Senate Democrats and Republicans came to an agreement Jan. 29 to move five spending bills forward after a six-bill government funding package failed to reach the 60-vote threshold for passage. Here are eight things to know about the spending bill,…
In a recent online workshop hosted by the FTC, the agency’s Chair Andrew Ferguson said that the agency would not impose a blanket ban on noncompetes in all physician contracts, Medpage Today reported Jan. 30. In the workshop, physicians discussed…