CMS’ decision to phase out the inpatient-only list could reshape how surgery itself is approached. However, according to two orthopedic and spine surgeons who have built their careers around the shift to outpatient surgery, eliminating the list does not have…
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The Woodlands, Texas-based Blue Cloud Pediatric Surgery Centers recently applied for state approval to open its first ASC in Massachusetts. The pediatric dentistry chain filed a Determination of Need application June 13 to take ownership over Northeast Ambulatory Center, a…
The highest-paid gastroenterologist in Chicago earns $1,063,700 per year, according to Medscape’s salary reporter tool. Here is what the five highest-paid gastroenterologists in Chicago earn each year, their amount of experience and their practice setting. 1. $1,063,700 annual salary; 29-35…
The career path decision is not getting any easier for physicians. Independent practice. Hospital employment. Private equity partnership. ASC ownership. For physicians, choosing a path has never come with more options. Three physicians who have been through the decision shared…
Cardiologists averaged $575,000 in 2025, marking a 10% raise from the prior year and second-highest pay of any physician specialty. Nearly half still don’t feel fairly compensated, according to recent salary reports. Here are 10 stats to know on cardiology…
Gastroenterology consolidation isn’t slowing down, with MSOs, health systems and digital health companies each making moves in the space. Less than two months after closing a $3.9 billion deal, Amsurg is already expanding its GI footprint. It’s one of five…
HCA Healthcare’s outpatient strategy runs on two engine.: HCA Surgery Ventures, its ASC company, and years of aggressive urgent care buying. That second engine just kicked into a higher gear. On Aug. 1, the Nashville, Tenn.-based system acquired Texas MedClinic,…
GI is expanding fastest in many of the states projected to have the thinnest physician supply by 2036: Where the growth is: At least 16 new GI practices launched in 2026, with seven concentrated in the South (Alabama, Georgia, Florida,…
Tampa, Fla.-based Moffitt Cancer Center has purchased 34 acres of land in Lakeland, Fla., for $12 million to build an ASC and outpatient center, according to an Aug. 6 report from Lakeland Gazette. Phase 1 of the outpatient center will…
When Charlottesville, Va.-based UVA Health opened its comprehensive orthopedic center, A. Bobby Chhabra, MD, chair of orthopedic surgery at UVA, had already spent nearly a decade helping bring the project to life. The building gave the department room to grow.…