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University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson has enrolled 16 registered nurses in the inaugural class of its new certified registered nurse anesthetist program this semester, launching Mississippi’s second academic pathway into the specialty, Red Hills MS News reported Aug.…

Physicians who once worked in a physician-owned practice before their current job are significantly more likely than their peers to be heading for the exit, according to the 2026 PAI Employed Physician Survey. Among physicians with prior experience in a…

ASC leaders have been increasingly vocal about the miscalculation of treating the center as one enterprisewide profit-and-loss statement instead of a collection of distinct businesses, each with its own economics.  As reimbursement tightens and cost structures shift, some of the…

The federal NOPAIN Act (Non-Opioids Prevent Addiction in the Nation Act), which took effect Jan. 1, 2025, created a separate Medicare reimbursement pathway for qualifying non-opioid pain management therapies in ASCs and HOPDs.  For orthopedic providers, the legislation expands access…

Eight in 10 ENT physicians say a proposed CMS payment cut could reduce seniors’ access to care, with more than two-thirds saying they would need to see fewer Medicare patients and 14% saying they would stop accepting Medicare entirely, according…

Physicians employed by health insurance companies report significantly more pressure to keep patients within their network than those working for hospitals or private equity-owned practices, according to a new survey from the Physicians Advocacy Institute. The 2026 PAI Employed Physician…

When Ascension closed its $3.9 billion acquisition of Amsurg in June 2025, adding 250 ASCs across 34 states to its network, the FTC forced the nonprofit system to divest seven of those centers before the deal closed.  The deal pushed…

As hospital mergers centralize decision-making, physicians are voting with their case volume — and a growing share of that vote is going to ASCs.  For Martin Jenter, MD, an orthopedic surgeon at Integrowth Orthopedic Specialists, with privileges at Henry Ford…