The mergers and acquisitions activity involving medical outpatient buildings decreased by 26% in the second quarter of 2026, according to a July 28 report from Levin Associates. Here are five additional notes:
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A new CMS rule effective June 2027 eliminates any advance notice before accreditation surveys — closing the gap between what the standard has always required and what hospitals have been able to rely on in practice. Perpetual survey-readiness is no…
Sep 8, 2026 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM CDT
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- Sunny Gahir, Manager, HR Compliance & Employee Experience Center, UCLA Health
Opening a private, cash-pay surgical practice looks straightforward from the outside: buy or rent space, get permitted, start operating. Heather Levites, MD, founder of Levity Lifts, a plastic surgery practice in Raleigh, N.C., walked Becker’s through what year one actually…
Financial pressure, shifting patient expectations, regulatory burden and workforce shortages are forcing leaders to ask a direct question: which service lines should we expand, reduce or reinvent to stay relevant in the years ahead? Declining market share and a shifting…
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For many health systems, fragmented emergency notification workflows delay response times, limit visibility across facilities and leave safety trends hidden until after an incident. As organizations grow, siloed reporting compounds the problem and the operational cost lands on both staff…
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In the last two weeks, a CMS payment proposal, three lawsuits, a Senate vote and a nurses’ rally all landed on the same theme: outside vendors and AI tools embedded in patient care are drawing pushback from regulators, courts and…
Health systems and physician-led pain and spine platforms are both acquiring independent spine practices in 2026, and the pace picked up in July. Financial terms were not disclosed in any of the practice transactions below. Here are six deals and…
Advances in robotics, minimally invasive procedures, sports medicine, joint preservation and fracture care are reshaping orthopedic surgery. Across the country, a new generation of orthopedic surgeons is driving those advances by improving patient outcomes, advancing clinical research and training the…
Thomas Serena, CEO of the American Gastroenterological Association, is retiring at the end of 2026. Mr. Serena has spent more than three decades with the organization, serving in various leadership roles, according to a July 28 news release from the…
Electrophysiology is the fastest-growing subspecialty in cardiology, and hospitals and ASCs are each racing to expand capacity for it. But the physicians who perform ablations, implant devices and manage the heart’s electrical system are in short supply — and that…