Private equity firms are drawn to the ASC industry by strong growth, fragmented ownership and earnings potential, according to an October report from the Private Equity Stakeholder Project. The report identifies several ASC companies with private equity backing:
Author: Patsy Newitt
With anesthesia shortages dragging on and outpatient cases getting more complex, SCA Health, Optum’s ASC division, is thinking long-term in regards to how anesthesia is staffed and delivered. Leaders told Becker’s the answer isn’t a short-term patch. Instead, SCA is…
ASCs are seeing a surge in colonoscopy demand as CRC rates rise, especially among adults under 50. Updated screening guidelines that lowered the recommended starting age from 50 to 45 have added millions of newly eligible patients, driving a steady…
Amanda Ryan, DO, interventional cardiologist and CEO of the Carlsbad-based Advanced Heart and Vascular Center of New Mexico, joined Becker’s to discuss her center’s 2025 milestone of expanding access to advanced arrhythmia care by bringing electrophysiology services in-house. Editor’s note:…
This is a bimonthly column by Les Jebson, administrator of the Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Network at Prisma Health. This is the first installment. In the orchestration of an efficient orthopedic program, healthcare insurers, patient health status and surgeon scheduling-facility…
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Anesthesia staffing shortages and rising cost pressures are forcing ASCs to compete harder for providers and rethink how to keep teams stable over the long term. At SCA Health, Optum’s ASC arm, leaders say retention is driven by a focused…
As colonoscopy demand rises, driven in part by more diagnostic referrals for patients under 55, GI leaders are also seeing patients trend older and more medically complex. Omar Khokhar, MD, a gastroenterologist and managing partner at Illinois GastroHealth in Bloomington,…
Many independent specialty groups are heading into 2026 under mounting margin pressure. Dr. Geogy Vennikandam, chief operating officer of GI Partners of Illinois, said his organization is responding by treating margin compression as an operational problem that can be engineered…
From high implant and supply costs to payer reimbursement pressures, ASCs are heading into 2026 with their margins squeezed from every direction. Greg DeConciliis, administrator of Boston Out-Patient Surgical Suites, joined Becker’s to discuss how new technologies like robotics and…
Local Infusion has acquired Carolina Neurology of Spartanburg (S.C.), an infusion center and practice serving a three-county region in Upstate South Carolina, according to a Dec. 5 press release. The acquired practice generates $15.6 million in annual revenue and is…