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For a growing number of independent orthopedic and musculoskeletal practices, Medicare participation is becoming a financial liability rather than a sustainable line of business. Practice leaders cite steady erosion of physician fee schedule payments, mounting administrative requirements and prior authorization…

Cleveland Clinic has launched its Early Gastrointestinal Cancer Program aimed at improving cancer screening, patient education and research across multiple gastrointestinal cancers. The program is designed to increase screening rates and identify cancers earlier, when five-year survival rates can exceed…

Orthopedic surgery continues to evolve through advances in sports medicine, joint preservation, reconstruction, oncology and minimally invasive techniques. Across the country, a select group of surgeons is helping shape the field through clinical innovation, research leadership, education and advocacy. The…

From new updates to prior authorization models to shifts in the federal No Surprises Act, here are five recent policy developments ASC leaders need to know.  The No Surprises Act Several physician groups recently praised a final rule aimed at…

Becker’s has reported on 52 ASC developments across 27 states so far in 2026. Here’s a breakdown by state: This article was last updated June 2, 2026.  Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Idaho Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky…

As independent practices struggle to keep pace with consolidation, a contingent of physicians is responding with an entrepreneurial turn.  Between 2012 and 2024, the share of physicians in private practice fell by nearly 20 percentage points from 60.1% to 42.2%,…

The Trump administration suspects that physicians may be regularly performing medically unnecessary peripheral vascular procedures in office-based labs, according to a recent investigation released by the Office of Inspector General and HHS in May.  In 2008 CMS put policies in…