Torrance, Calif.-based Unio Health Partners has finalized a partnership with New York-based AI care team platform Thesis Care to deploy AI care team agents across its physician practices. Unio Health Partners serves more than 500,000 patients annually across 52 practice…
ASC Transactions & Valuation Issues
Fort Myers, Fla.-based Lee Health has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Florida Heart Associates, an independent cardiology practice serving Southwest Florida, according to a May 21 news release. Florida Heart Associates will become a Lee Health subsidiary and…
Major health systems are shedding hospitals and funneling the proceeds into ASCs. Tenet, Ascension and Community Health Systems have collectively divested dozens of hospitals in recent years, redirecting billions toward outpatient growth. Tenet Healthcare Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare offers perhaps the…
Nearly 1 in 3 U.S. physicians will be sued at least once in their career, but the risk varies depending on where they practice, what they specialize in and how long they have been in medicine, according to a policy…
Healthcare costs have hit record highs over the last decade, driven largely by the expansion of large, vertically integrated health systems and the increasing cost of hospital operations. In an April report the Paragon Health Institute offers 12 potential policy…
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Healthcare prices have steadily risen over the last 20 years as hospitals continue to consolidate physician practices across the country, with hospitals driving a third of overall costs, according to an April 2026 report by Paragon Health Institute, The report…
Expansion of ambulatory care is central to St. Louis-based Ascension’s growth strategy, particularly through the planned acquisition of AmSurg, according to financial documents published May 15. The health system is poised to become one of the largest ASC operators in…
For generations, the independent physician practice was a cornerstone of American medicine. Today, it is nearly extinct. Only 18% of physicians still practice in physician-owned settings as of January, with just 36.1% of practices remaining physician-owned — down by 48.5%…
After more than a decade of constraints, physician-owned hospitals may be on the verge of a resurgence, driven by new federal payment models and pending legislation. CMS opens the door CMS’ new Transforming Episode Accountability Model is the most significant…
Mobile (Ala.) Obstetrics & Gynecology has notified patients that it will be closing, according to a May 13 patient letter posted on the practice’s Facebook page. The practice, which includes six physicians, said it will wind down clinical operations and…