Controlling costs while delivering high-quality care remains a pressing challenge for many ASCs. From staffing pressures to shifting reimbursement models and rising supply costs, two leaders joined Becker’s to discuss the hardest costs to manage. Question: What areas of cost…
ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues
Some leaders feel that Stark law and anti-kickback statutes, once intended to safeguard Medicare dollars, are now having an unintended effect: pushing active physicians out of healthcare leadership. Harry Severance, MD, adjunct assistant professor at Durham, N.C.-based Duke University School…
St. Louis-based Ascension is boosting its outpatient strategy, a pivot after years of acute care divestitures and operational realignment. Here are five things to know: 1. Ascension is in advanced talks to acquire Nashville, Tenn.-based AmSurg, one of the largest…
Here are three hospitals, health systems and medical groups who have announced plans to shutter clinics in the last three months: 1. Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic Health System plans to close six clinics across southeastern Minnesota and transition care to…
Charlotte, N.C.-based Carolina NeuroSurgery & Spine Associates, one of the country’s largest independent neurosurgery practices, will officially join Atrium Health on Oct. 1. Nearly 300 employees across seven Charlotte-area clinics will become part of the hospital system. Here are five…
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Several health systems have called off or unwound partnerships since Aug. 1, citing financial pressures, regulatory uncertainty and shifting strategic priorities. 1. Bon Secours Mercy Health and Westchester Medical Center Health Network Cincinnati-based Bon Secours Mercy Health and Valhalla, N.Y.-based…
Healthcare real estate company Montecito Medical has purchased a 23,000-square-foot medical office building in Midland, Texas. The property is fully occupied and includes Midland Ambulatory Surgery Center and Midland Imaging Center, the city’s only freestanding imaging facility, according to a…
Overall transaction activity in the healthcare services sector ticked up slightly in the second quarter of 2025 compared to the prior quarter, though dealmaking still trails the robust levels seen in recent years, according to a blog post from consulting…
St. Louis-based Ascension, which signed a definitive agreement on June 17 to acquire ASC operator AmSurg, reported a fiscal 2025 operating loss of $490.9 million (a -1.6% operating margin), a significant improvement from its $1.8 billion loss (-6.3% margin) the…
Here are four recent updates from Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare, parent company of ASC chain United Surgical Partners International: 1. Tenet opened a new 54-bed hospital in Port St. Lucie, Fla., on Sept. 4. Florida Coast Medical Center is the sixth…