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Author: Francesca Mathewes

Last year, several states shifted their certificate-of-need requirements, resulting in significant impacts on the ASC industry, according to VMG Health's "ASCs in 2024: A Year in Review" report. 

Anesthesia remains a dynamic industry as leaders explore new methods of opioid-free pain management and expand into new care settings. 

Healthcare private equity firms have been at the center of controversy in recent months after a year of notable Chapter 11 filings and increased regulatory scrutiny from a number of states. 

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As the cost of managing an independent practice increases alongside consolidation throughout healthcare, four physicians joined Becker's to forecast the outlook for private practice in 2025.

Here are three updates to state noncompete bans in the last month, as reported by Becker's:

Here are three surgeons pioneering new procedures or taking on leadership roles: 

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