Author: Patsy Newitt

Here are five mid-size ASC companies to know:

McLaren St. Luke's in Maumee, Ohio, said it will cease all outpatient services by mid-May. 

Here are five key things to know about private equity and ASCs:

Hospitals, health systems and ASCs are facing devastating physician and nurse shortages, and many leaders feel policy makers' solutions are insufficient. 

Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare, parent company of ASC chain United Surgical Partners International, is focusing on ASCs to fuel its growth. 

A medical office portfolio housing a 15-physician practice has sold for $20 million, the acquisition's seller, Capital Real Estate Group's U.S. Healthcare Investment Sales practice said in a March 6 news release shared with Becker's. 

Cardiology could be the next big growth opportunity for ASCs. 

VillageMD, a company majority owned by Walgreens, has acquired a 30-location physician group. 

Murrysville, Pa.-based emergency room physician Jessie Kunkel, MD, was charged for writing fraudulent prescriptions, the Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office said March 1. 

As physicians face more reimbursement cuts, Kerry Willis, MD, is predicting payers will face backlash.