A House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health hearing Sept. 15 examined bills aimed at reforming Medicare physician payment. Much of the hearing centered on a shared concern raised by lawmakers and witnesses: that the Medicare physician payment…
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More than 30 ASCs and physician practices have closed in 2026, and the reasons vary from consolidation to competition. Here are five recent closures and the headwinds behind them. 1. SurgiCare at CAMC Memorial Hospital (Charleston, W.Va.): Folded into other…
Phoenix, Ariz.-based Academic Urology and Urogynecology of Arizona has purchased a 7,593-square-foot medical office building in Phoenix for $2.4 million, according to a Sept. 8 news release. The practice bought the building from Seth Properties in a deal valued at…
More than a third of U.S. hospitals were losing money even before the latest round of federal policy shifts started to bite, according to a new Urban Institute and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation analysis. From CFOs describing the divide to…
From new health system deals to a bigger pharmacy delivery network, Amazon has kept expanding its healthcare footprint through 2026. Here’s what’s new, and how it fits the bigger pattern. New health system partnership: Baptist Health South Florida and Amazon…
Clearwater-based BayCare opened BayCare HealthHub Manatee, an outpatient center in Palmetto, Fla., offering primary and specialty care, laboratory services and advanced imaging. The facility spans more than 46,000 square feet, according to a Sept. 14 news release. Imaging services include…
North Carolina’s certificate-of-need law has become one of the most contested healthcare policy fights in the state, playing out simultaneously in the legislature, the courts and the state budget. Here’s where things stand.
Physician and provider search volume did not change much in 2025 compared to the previous year, according to a new report from the Association for Advancing Physician and Provider Recruitment. The 2026 edition of the AAPPR’s “Physician and Provider Recruitment…