Author: Francesca Mathewes

For some independent cardiology practices, financial and operational stability may feel like a moving target as reimbursement policies and reporting requirements continue to shift.   Larry Sobal, CEO of Heart and Vascular Institute of Wisconsin in Appleton joined Becker’s to discuss…

Here are 12 ASC projects that were announced or completed in January, as reported by Becker’s: 1. Saginaw, Mich.-based Covenant HealthCare announced its plans to break ground on a $25 million orthopedic ASC in April.  2. The Sayre, Pa.-based Guthrie…

Norfolk, Va.-based Sentara Health has made 17 leadership appointments under its new operating model. The appointments include leaders in surgical specialties and outpatient care, as well as both newly hired and promoted leaders:

The medical office building market is trending towards fewer yet individually larger private equity deals according to analysis by commercial real estate group Avison Young, published by Commercial Search Feb. 27.  Here are five takeaways from the analysis: 1. While…

ASCs have been cropping up across the South in 2026 as hospitals, health systems and other stakeholders look to expand access to surgical services and shift towards value-based care. Becker’s has reported on seven ASCs in the South since the…

Acquisitions, partnerships and new facility developments are heating up in the cardiology space as more procedures shift to the outpatient setting and systems look to expand access to critical services.  Here are five cardiology groups making recent industry moves: 1.…

Private equity firms have invested more than $750 billion in the U.S. healthcare market, according to a literature review published in Anesthesiology Feb. 13, including significant investments in anesthesiology and pain medicine.  The review, conducted by researchers at several U.S.…

Reimbursement for outpatient cardiology procedures has been a key issue for advocacy groups such as the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association and the American College of Cardiology for years as procedures continue migrating to ASCs.  When  CMS finalized its Hospital Outpatient…

The ASC market has become more competitive in recent years as hospitals, health systems and other corporate entities compete for surgical volumes and shift towards value-based care models. At the same time, independent practices have diminished as hospital employment among…

ASCs have been cropping up across the South in 2026 as hospitals, health systems and other stakeholders look to expand access to surgical services and shift towards value-based care. Here are seven new ASC developments in the South, as reported…