ASC Review Archives - Becker’s ASC

Secret cost burdens of anesthesia contracts | Inside CMS' 2.5% wRVU cut | Surgery Partners finalizes $797M Intermountain hospital sale | Where physicians want to go, and where they're leaving | The procedure room threat to ASCs

Plus: What physicians should know about the DePuy Synthes’ buyout September 18, 2026 1. The secret cost burdens in ASC anesthesia contracts Full story 2. What CMS’ 2.5% wRVU cut means for physician pay Full story 3. Where does the surgery…

Is the physician megadeal going extinct? | Why 5 ASCs closed in 2026 | The next target for Optum's SCA Health | Anesthesia staffing's fragile state | Tenet’s $2.7B Conifer breakup triggers 1,037 job cuts

Plus: House subcommittee hearing tackles Medicare physician pay September 17, 2026 1. Is the physician practice megadeal going extinct? Full story 2. The next target for Optum’s SCA Health Full story 3. Eight Concord Orthopaedics coordinators called out the day…

Healthcare's richest physicians | ASC ownership model doubles EBITDA multiples | The new math of physician independence | What an SCA Health ASC looks like in 2035 | Fla. practice settles false claims allegations

Plus: PA pay reaches $155K in 2026: 13 things to know September 16, 2026 1. The richest physicians in healthcare Full story 2. This ASC ownership model doubles EBITDA multiples Full story 3. Healthcare margins remain challenged. Learn how leaders…

Stark law blind spots | UnitedHealthcare's ASC deals didn't hurt patients | 500 procedures now eligible for ASCs | Inside Tenet's $2B debt move | The evolving ASC growth calculus

Plus: 4 hospital, health system layoffs in 1 month September 15, 2026 1. The Stark law blind spots physicians keep missing Full story 2. UnitedHealthcare’s ASC deals didn’t hurt patients: Study Full story 3. Help address cost as a barrier…

ASC industry of 2036 | UnitedHealthcare paid its own ASCs $1.6K less than competitors for procedures | Medicare to cover CRC screening ordered by PAs, APRNs | Physician pay by practice setting | DME fraud crackdown in 10 nos.

Plus: Where ASCs draw the line on spine surgery September 14, 2026 1. What the ASC industry of 2036 will look like Full story 2. UnitedHealthcare paid its own ASCs $1,625 less than other payers for procedures Full story 3.…

Anesthesia sign-on bonuses in 10 nos. | Physician-senator sued 700+ patients over medical debt | Systems invest $357M in ASC projects | 5 bankruptcies to know | Inside SCA's $5.3B ASC play

Plus: The rules of ASC dealmaking have changed September 12, 2026 1. Anesthesia sign-on bonuses in 10 numbers Full story 2. Physician-senator sued 700+ patients over medical debt: NYT Full story 3. Full-stack outsourcing quietly costs you leverage on data,…

Is ASC administrator pay keeping pace with physicians? | Optum sells off Fla. clinics | FTC's new ASC regulation | 10 hospitals shuttering services | ASC dealmaking's new rules

Plus: What Sanford’s $600M acquisition signals for hospital consolidation September 11, 2026 1. The FTC just wrote its ASC rulebook with the Ascension-Amsurg order Full story 2. Is ASC administrator pay keeping pace with physicians? Full story 3. Can a…

Anesthesia at ASCs: No easy option | CMS bars 11 suppliers after $3.4B fraud probe | Does PE's physician-practice playbook still hold up? | Inside SCA Health's play for $5.3B, 285 ASC cases | Physician-senator sued 700+ patients over medical debt

Plus: 2 men sentenced to prison in $34.8M orthotic DME fraud scheme September 10, 2026 1. ASCs have 2 anesthesia paths — neither is simple Full story 2. Is private equity’s physician-practice playbook still viable? Full story 3. Practices leave more…

The uneven collapse of private practice | 5 healthcare bankruptcies | Calif. ASC asks community for help to stay open | 27 states where CRNAs don't need physician supervision | The companies rewriting physicians' M&A story

Plus: MultiCare to close 3 eye clinics, cut 56 jobs September 9, 2026 1. The uneven collapse of private practice Full story 2. The 27 states where CRNAs don’t need physician supervision — and what it means for ASC costs…

Peloton's PE firm is betting on physicians next | Physician group bankruptcy tops $6M as it closes ASC | Payers' physician playbook | Anesthesia sign-on bonuses in 10 numbers | Spine practice sues UnitedHealthcare over $226K in payments

Plus: How do nearby hospital closures affect surgical volumes? September 8, 2026 1. The firm behind Peloton is betting on physician practices next Full story 2. North Star Health Alliance’s bankruptcy costs top $6M as it closes ASC, orthopedic group…

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