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Is Surgery Partners' $5.7B deal a win or warning sign? | wRVU gap across specialties | Why malpractice premiums rise as lawsuits fall | Winners, losers in 2026's CON fights | Physician charged with billing $19M for care never provided

Plus: Houston spine ASC hit by 5 break-ins over 5 days before opening October 30, 2026 1. Is Bon Secours’ $5.7B Surgery Partners deal a win or warning sign? Full story 2. The wRVU gap across specialties Full story 3.…

Which physicians earn most per wRVU? | $2.2K cases leaving ASCs in the red | Surgeon cooperates in racketeering case | ASCs' missed reimbursement opportunity | 5 legal fights over where physicians can practice

Plus: The laws keeping a Virginia independent practice out of the ASC business October 29, 2026 1. Which physicians earn most per wRVU? 26 specialties ranked Full story 2. The $2.2K cases leaving ASCs in the red Full story 3. 159…

Should payers own ASCs? | Anesthesiologist vs. CRNA Medicare pay | 12 physician legal fights to know | Stark law self-disclosure protocol changes Nov. 1 | How CON law forced a $3.5M ASC retrofit

Plus: Ohio physician pleads guilty in $1.6M Medicaid fraud October 28, 2026 1. Should payers own ASCs? Full story 2. Anesthesiologist vs. CRNA Medicare pay Full story 3. How do your ASC’s drug costs compare with peers? See 10 pharmacy…

ASCs' CRNA-only dilemma | Bon Secours joins Tenet, Ascension in ASC arms race | The $1.7K gap between ASCs, HOPDs | La. health system closes ASC | The ASC owners 'engineered to take profit' from physicians

Plus: Physician pleads guilty to illegally prescribing opioids, stimulants October 27, 2026 1. The dilemma behind ASCs’ CRNA-only shift Full story 2. Bon Secours joins Tenet, Ascension in the ASC arms race Full story 3. 49% of healthcare leaders are using…

Bon Secours affiliate to acquire Surgery Partners for $5.7B | $28M physician poaching fight began in boardroom | ASCs' costliest mistakes | 5 physicians charged in $2B fraud scheme | ASCs dangle $10K RN sign-on bonuses

Plus: CMS made 22 more codes ASC-payable in 2026 October 26, 2026 1. Bon Secours Mercy Health affiliate to acquire Surgery Partners for $5.7B Full story 2. The $28M physician poaching fight that started in the boardroom Full story 3. Surgical…

ASCs' 2.4% pay bump: A margin cut in disguise? | Physicians vs. inflation | 5 new reimbursement threats | CMS adds 10 codes to ASC list | 20 ASC leaders to know

Plus: GI dehtrones orthopedics as highest-paid specialty October 24, 2026 1. ASC leaders warn CMS’ 2.4% bump is a margin cut in disguise Full story 2. Which physicians are losing the most ground to inflation? Full story 3. This rural hospital…

What 2K comments told CMS about the '27 ASC rule | Surgeon owed $1M in disability case | Why buyers want struggling ASCs | Texas' $10.2M physician autonomy fight | This ASC has never paid an anesthesia subsidy

Plus: What ASCs need to know about the Gold card program October 23, 2026 1. What 2,180 commenters told CMS about the 2027 ASC rule Full story 2. Why buyers now want struggling ASCs Full story 3. In high-risk surgery,…

Which ASCs are hardest hit by the anesthesia crisis? | CRNAs sue Calif. over hospital staffing restrictions | New threats to ASC pay | CMS adds 22 ASC-payable codes in '26 | Hospital-ASC rivalry takes a new turn

Plus: Cencora’s $2.4B physician deal adds 350 providers October 22, 2026 1. Which ASCs are being hit hardest by the anesthesia crisis? Full story 2. 5 new threats to ASC reimbursement Full story 3. Surgical access is a lifeline in…

UnitedHealth Group, Optum's 2,807-entity empire | The PA scope policy battleground | CMS' 2.4% raise that shrinks ASC margins | NY ASC drops cases after an anesthesia exit | ASC collections' 30-day cliff

Plus: CMS’ new exclusion authority October 21, 2026 1. Inside UnitedHealth Group, Optum’s empire: 2,807 entities Full story 2. Where PA scope policy may shift next Full story 3. Still juggling separate tools for calls, reminders, follow-ups and refills? Iris…

Inside Medicare's proposed 2027 pay cuts | Surgeon loses bid to split $6.8M malpractice settlement | ASCs' looming fraud disclosure mistake | 3 health systems laying off physicians | Physician consolidation's real estate ripple effect

Plus: The boldest bet in ASC strategy October 20, 2026 1. Medicare’s proposed 2027 pay cuts, by specialty Full story 2. The new federal fraud disclosure mistake that could cost ASCs Full story 3. 360 independent practices reveal where denials…

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