Anesthesiologist average advertised salaries shifted significantly between the final quarter of 2025 and the first quarter of 2026, with several states posting gains well into six figures, according to data from anesthesia career platform BagMask.com. Here are the states with…
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The FTC’s consent order requiring Ascension to divest seven ASCs before closing its $3.9 billion acquisition of Amsurg sent a clear message to the industry that outpatient surgery is valuable enough to fight over, and regulators are now watching local…
Pairing a low average cost per case alongside strong outcomes can give independent ASCs a leg up when negotiating contracts with payers. For ASCs that are affiliated with a health system, same-day surgery conversions and site-of-service migration rates can create…
In the highest annual total in the history of the statute, the Department of Justice’s False Claims Act settlements and judgments exceeded $6.8 billion in fiscal year 2025, with more than $5.7 billion of those recoveries tied to healthcare. That…
Optum is set to close a primary care practice in Zionsville, Ind., at the end of June, according to a June 3 report from Current Publishing. Optum Primary Care will close June 26. The company has also closed a number…
From a state oversight process that killed an ASC rather than saved it to the federal government’s largest ASC antitrust action in history, here are five controversies that every operator should know. 1. The Oregon ASC that regulators couldn’t save …
HHS, CMS and the departments of Labor and Treasury finalized a rule May 28 overhauling the No Surprises Act’s independent dispute resolution process, instituting several changes aimed at increasing efficiency and transparency in a process that has been criticized by…
CMS in 2024 documented a striking gap at the center of the prior authorization system: Medicare Advantage plans, on average, overturn 80% of denied claims when they are appealed, while only 4% of denied claims ever reach that stage. A…
Camden, N.J.-based Cooper University Health Care is planning to build a $300 million multispecialty outpatient campus in Gloucester Township, N.J. The more than 180,000-square-foot campus will include an ASC, specialty exam suites and an MD Anderson Cancer Center, according to…
U.S. Anesthesia Partners and the Federal Trade Commission reached an agreement in principle on April 23 to resolve a landmark antitrust case that accused USAP of buying up nearly every large anesthesia practice in Texas to create a single dominant…