Patsy Newitt

CMS has renewed its approval for The Joint Commissions' ASC accreditation program. 

Following a slower-than-expected onboarding process, Saum Sutaria, MD, CEO of Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare, parent of ASC chain United Surgical Partners International, said that the company "feels good" about the acquisition progress and doesn't think of the ASCs as a separate…

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu has signed a law stating that certain physician assistants will no longer have to sign a "collaboration agreement" with a physician for their entire career, New Hampshire Bulletin reported July 30. 

It is becoming more difficult for ASCs to remain independent as costs rise and reimbursement declines. 

Here are 12 things to know from three major health systems and providers who operate ASC chains:

Here are five states that have passed laws limiting noncompete agreements since Jan. 1:

California has 5,380 anesthesiologists, the most of any state, according to May 2023 data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The North Carolina attorney general's office is asking the state health department to deny HCA Healthcare's certificate-of-need application to add 26 acute care beds to its Asheville-based Mission Hospital.

Three gastroenterology or endoscopy center leaders joined Becker's to discuss what's missing in conversations with payers:

ASCs leaders across the country are frustrated with the disparity in reimbursements between ASCs and hospital outpatient departments for the same procedures.