Global healthcare private equity broke records in 2025, reaching an estimated $191 billion in deal value, and surpassed the previous 2021 peak, according to a new report from Bain & Co. “Healthcare private equity delivered a record performance last year as large…
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Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Avera Health has opened a new medical office building dedicated to digestive health and gastroenterology in Sioux Falls. According to a Jan. 8 news release, Pavilion 2 will house the Avera Digestive Center and other gastrointestinal health…
Mark Gabot, DNP, CRNA, a faculty member at the Pasadena, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente School of Anesthesia, is the first certified registered nurse anesthetist in the U.S. named a fellow of the American Society of Echocardiography. He is the second advanced…
Today’s group health market is defined by complexity: rising costs, changing risk profiles and heightened expectations from brokers and employers alike. Carriers need more than standalone risk scores; they need complete visibility and control. But too many are stuck with…
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Keith Johnson
Director of Underwriting, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee
Andrew Martin
Head of Underwriting, BlueCross NC
Jake Evans, MBA CEBS
Group Health Consultant, Gradient AI
UNC Health Pardee has broken ground on a new medical office building that will provide outpatient services. According to a Jan. 8 news release, the MOB will expand primary care services and support specialty outpatient needs within Henderson County. Pardee…
ASC leaders continue to navigate a competitive ASC environment as hospitals, health systems and corporate interests become increasingly invested in the outpatient market. Here’s what three leaders recently told Becker’s about what consolidation efforts are having the most significant impact…
From CMS updates to certificate-of-need laws, several policy changes in the last 18 months signal a major shift in how ASCs are taxed, licensed and regulated at both the state and federal levels. Below is a breakdown of the newest…
Certified-registered nurse anesthetists have become a central facet of ASC staffing strategies as they gain broader legal authority to practice independently and the anesthesia workforce shortage deepens. Here are 10 statistics, trends and data points illustrating the CRNA workforce in…
Ritesh Kalra, MD, a physician in Secaucus, N.J., has been charged with distributing opioids without a legitimate medical purpose, maintaining a drug-involved premise and defrauding New Jersey Medicaid. Between January 2019 and February 2025, Dr. Kalra issued more than 31,000…
Ascension, Tenet and HCA Healthcare may be some of the biggest names in health system ASC strategy, but they’re not the only ones betting on outpatient growth. Across the country, more hospitals and systems are expanding ambulatory footprints through new…