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Who's driving physician M&A? | How Ascension's $1B investment model can sidestep scrutiny | Are GLP-1s rewriting ASC case mix? | Physician practice faces $5.2M fraud allegations | Why ASCs are buying anesthesia groups

Plus: How millennial physician pay changed in 2025, by specialty August 21, 2026 1. Who’s driving physician M&A in 2026? Full story 2. How Ascension’s $1B investment model can sidestep acquisition scrutiny Full story 3. Medicare now separately reimburses qualifying non-opioid…

Who's winning the ASC ownership fight?| How insurers are undercutting anesthesia pay | Physician independence is making a comeback | How CMS could squeeze spine payments in '27 | NC man named in false billing lawsuit

Plus: Will cardiology’s ASC strategy pay off? August 20, 2026 1. Who’s winning the fight for ASC ownership? Full story 2. How insurers are undercutting anesthesia payment Full story 3. Start the week with the people who run the hospital and…

Will 2027 be payers' year of reckoning? | 'Feelings have no place' in ASC growth | The $314K cost of employing a physician | 10 anesthesia controversies | SC practice closes after parent company bankruptcy

Plus: What’s going on with CVS Health? August 19, 2026 1. 2027: A year of reckoning for payers? Full story 2. The $314K cost of employing a physician Full story 3. Your team did everything right. The positioning injury happened…

A Stark law blind spot | ASC leaders' toughest talks with physicians | Why the anesthesia pipeline is failing | With no IPO list, who decides what goes to an ASC? | 62% of ASCs cancel, delay cases over anesthesia

Plus: System-owned physician practice closes after 59 years August 18, 2026 1. A Stark law blind spot hiding in physicians’ testing deals Full story 2. The toughest talks ASC leaders have with physicians Full story 3. Even the best-run spine ORs…

1 word defining ASCs' future | ASCs driving physician independence | The next workforce cliff | CON laws are backfiring: Analysis | Why GIs are overexposed to predatory contracts

Plus: A hospital noncompete battle, NP burnout August 17, 2026 1. The 1 word defining ASCs’ future: 42 leaders weigh in Full story 2. Physician independence is making a comeback — why ASCs are leading the way Full story 3. Most…

The ASC policy paradox | The $4K anesthesia bubble | 11 physician acquisitions | What's new with Optum? | Profit potential pitfalls

Plus: Hospital layoffs in 8 numbers August 15, 2026 1. The ASC policy paradox Full story 2. The $4,000-a-day anesthesia stipend bubble — and when it pops Full story 3. Independent physician practices are protecting margins without overhauling billing. See…

Hospitals' magic ASC number | Anesthesia's payment problem | What's wrong with the PE vs. health system debate | 11 physician acquisitions | What's going on with CVS Health?

Plus: Patient group sues AMA over CPT codes August 14, 2026 1. The magic number for hospital ASC strategy Full story 2. Anesthesia’s payment problem, explained Full story 3. Don’t let denial backlogs eat up your team’s afternoons. Improve first-pass…

1 year later: Anthem's anesthesia backlash | What's new with Optum? | The ASC policy paradox | 3 ASC closures in 1 week | Legal red flags for physicians selling to hospitals

Plus: Spine device CFO sentenced for kickback scheme August 13, 2026 1. The ASC policy paradox Full story 2. 1+ year later after Anthem backlash: 10 things to know about anesthesia time-based billing Full story 3. Time-outs and protocols don’t…

Is Stark law reform finally on the table? | ASC operators' moral injury threat | The anesthesiologist paycheck in 10 numbers | Surgery Partners' $795M pure-play ASC move | 11 hospitals ending services

Plus: Amsurg acquires Louisiana ASC August 12, 2026 1. Is Stark law reform finally on the table? Full story 2. The moral injury angle ASC operators haven’t fully reckoned with Full story 3. Nearly half of independent practices face rising…

When will the $4,000-a-day anesthesia stipend bubble pop? | Where ASCs fall short on profit | The blind spot at the heart of CJR-X | WV hospital to close ASC | Surgery Partners' net loss widens 500%

Plus: How Atlas became nonprofits’ go-to ASC partner August 11, 2026 1. The $4,000-a-day anesthesia stipend bubble — and when it pops Full story 2. Where ASCs fall short on profit potential Full story 3. Healthcare margins remain challenged. Learn how…

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