Anesthesia coverage is turning into the most expensive line item on many ASCs’ books, and the real cost rarely shows up in the contract’s headline number. The share of ASCs paying anesthesia stipends jumped from 28% in 2024 to 44%…
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Durango, Colo.-based physician Daniel Caplin has been sued by Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser over allegations he defrauded Colorado Medicaid of more than $374,000, according to a Sept. 15 news release. Dr. Caplin allegedly continued billing Medicaid for opioid addiction…
Schenectady, N.Y.-based Ellis Medicine has acquired CareNet Medical Group, an independent women’s health and OB-GYN practice that has served the Capital Region since 1983, according to a Sept. 9 news release. CareNet’s four physicians and one physician assistant, previously based…
More than 30 ASCs and physician practices have closed in 2026, and the reasons vary from consolidation to competition. Here are five recent closures and the headwinds behind them. 1. SurgiCare at CAMC Memorial Hospital (Charleston, W.Va.): Folded into other…
Phoenix, Ariz.-based Academic Urology and Urogynecology of Arizona has purchased a 7,593-square-foot medical office building in Phoenix for $2.4 million, according to a Sept. 8 news release. The practice bought the building from Seth Properties in a deal valued at…
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More than a third of U.S. hospitals were losing money even before the latest round of federal policy shifts started to bite, according to a new Urban Institute and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation analysis. From CFOs describing the divide to…
From new health system deals to a bigger pharmacy delivery network, Amazon has kept expanding its healthcare footprint through 2026. Here’s what’s new, and how it fits the bigger pattern. New health system partnership: Baptist Health South Florida and Amazon…
Independence (Mo.) Surgery Center will open Oct. 14. as the region’s first dental surgery center built specifically to serve Medicaid patients who need dental surgery under anesthesia, according to an email shared with Becker’s. The physician-led, single-specialty ASC was created…
Private equity investors looking to exit physician practice management platforms may be able to borrow a playbook already tested in urgent care, according to a Sept. 15 blog post from VMG Health. VMG Health argues that breaking a platform into…
Conifer Health Solutions, Tenet Healthcare’s revenue cycle management subsidiary, is cutting 1,037 jobs after CommonSpirit Health decided to insource its revenue cycle operations. Here are seven things to know. 1. Conifer, the Dallas-based RCM subsidiary Tenet fully owns, notified 1,037…