Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare Chair and CEO Saum Sutaria, MD, received $43,108,969 in total compensation in 2025, up from $24,661,553 the prior year, according to a proxy statement filed April 16 with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Here are nine more…
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Joe Peluso, administrator at Aestique Surgery Center in Greensburg, Pa., joined Becker’s to discuss how closing the “coordination execution gap” — connecting the right clinical teams, technology, and resources at the point of care — is the key to reducing…
As CMS expands the list of approved cardiac procedures in ASCs, independent operators are finding that reimbursement rates often fail to cover the true cost of care. Amanda Ryan, MD, interventional cardiologist and CEO of Advanced Heart and Vascular Center…
Community Health Systems and CPIhealth together announced four ASC acquisitions and openings in a single month, underscoring the accelerating pace of consolidation reshaping the ASC landscape. The deals are the latest sign of a broader shift underway across the ASC…
A Florida ophthalmology practice and its former owner have agreed to pay $415,000 to resolve False Claims Act allegations related to fraudulent billing for brain blood flow diagnostic tests, the Justice Department said in an April 22 news release. Between…
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The push to move cardiac procedures out of hospitals and into ASCs has generated excitement across the industry, but many leaders say the reality is far more demanding than the conversation suggests. Amanda Ryan, DO, interventional cardiologist and CEO of…
Gastroenterology pay hit $530,000 in 2025, according to Medscape’s Physician Compensation Report published April 11. The report, which surveyed 5,916 physicians across more than 29 specialties from Sept. 5 to Dec. 17, found that orthopedic surgeons are pulling in $611,000…
Two St. Louis-area physicians and a chiropractor have been sentenced for their roles in a $4.7 million healthcare fraud and opioid prescription scheme involving Medicare, Medicaid and Tricare, the Justice Department said in an April 15 news release. Jerry Leech,…
Minneapolis-based Fairview Health Services and Atlas Healthcare Partners have formed a joint venture to develop and operate a network of ASCs across Minnesota and surrounding regions, according to an April 21 news release. The partnership combines Fairview’s clinical infrastructure as…
Optum, UnitedHealth Group’s healthcare services arm that includes ASC chain SCA Health, reported $63.7 billion in total revenue for the first quarter of 2026, roughly flat compared to $63.9 billion during the same period last year, according to the company’s…