ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues

Eight physicians joined Becker’s to discuss the challenges that hit hardest this year, including staffing shortages, administrative burdens, payer dysfunction and a growing distrust of medicine. Editor’s note: Responses have been lightly edited for clarity and length.  Question: In 2025,…

ASCs are facing mounting workforce strain as hospitals continue to outpay them for nurses and surgical staff, a gap that leaders say is widening alongside rising living costs and burnout concerns. Kayla Schneeweiss-Keene, administrator of Houston-based Mann Eye Institute, told…

Four ASC leaders joined Becker’s to discuss what made the greatest impact inside their centers, from a coding overhaul to robotic expansion. Editor’s note: Responses have been lightly edited for clarity and length.  Question: If you had to name one…

 Seven ASC leaders joined Becker’s to discuss the financial threats they are most concerned about in 2026, from staffing costs to the changing payer landscape.  Editor’s note: Responses have been lightly edited for clarity and length.  Question: What financial threat…

Two New York state lawmakers have called on the state’s health department to launch an investigation into Optum, UnitedHealth Group’s physician practice arm, according to a Dec. 3 report from Mid Hudson News.  New York state Sen. Peter Harckham and…

Here are eight hospital deals Becker’s has reported on since Nov. 3: 1. A lease between Tulsa, Okla.-based Saint Francis Health System and Bristow (Okla.) Hospital Authority was approved Nov. 25 by the Bristow City Council. Under the transition, Saint…

Here are four updates to know about Brentwood, Tenn.-based ASC giant Surgery Partners, as reported by Becker’s since Oct. 2:

A Georgia man was sentenced to 46 months in prison and ordered to pay more than $7.2 million in restitution for a scheme involving illegal physician kickbacks to get Medicare beneficiaries to accept medically unnecessary genetic tests, the Justice Department…

CMS is moving a major share of complex procedures out of the inpatient-only bucket and into outpatient settings, a shift ASC leaders say could accelerate industry growth, especially in spine, orthopedics and cardiology. In the 2026 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment…

More than half of physicians say the pace of healthcare mergers and acquisitions has increased over the last two years, according to Medscape’s “Doctors on Healthcare M&A Report” released Dec. 2.  Medscape surveyed 1,007 physicians across 29 specialties between May…