10 hospitals have shuttered or announced closures of key service lines in the last 10 months, labor and delivery, NICUs, home health, ASCs and more, leaving physicians and ASC operators to navigate shifting referral patterns and care gaps in their…
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The American Society of Anesthesiologists partnered with HaloMD, a healthcare technology company specializing in IDR processes, joining its Innovator Supporter Program. Members of the ASA Innovator Supporter Program engage with ASA members and physician leaders to collaborate on initiatives supporting…
The cost of building an ASC from scratch has climbed sharply since the pandemic, driven largely by a jump in per-square-foot construction costs. For physician groups and ASC operators weighing growth, that shift has made the choice between building new,…
St. Louis-based SSM Health opened its 40,000-square-foot outpatient center in Verona, Wis., which will be available to the public Sept. 14. The center will offer primary and specialty care as well as on-site lab and imaging services, according to a…
Physician assistants averaged a salary of $155,000 in 2026, continuing a run of steady raises since 2022, according to a report from Medscape. The topline number hides a more complicated picture: pay growth varies widely by specialty setting, state and…
States that have not adopted Medicaid expansion under the ACA significantly outperformed expansion states in a new 50-state Medicaid governance ranking from the Heartland Institute. The report scores states on 16 measures spanning program design, fiscal sustainability, program integrity and…
Hartford HealthCare and American Ambulance received Connecticut’s first Mobile Integrated Health program designation. The program delivers medical services outside traditional healthcare settings, most often in patients’ homes, according to a Sept. 8 news release. Specially trained mobile clinicians, including paramedics,…
Noncompete agreements continue to fuel legal battles across healthcare, with recent cases involving cardiologists, CRNAs and competing physician groups. The disputes highlight how restrictive covenants can shape where clinicians are able to practice, how health systems retain specialty groups and…
ASCs are in the midst of an active wave of consolidation and outside investment. On Sept. 14, a House Judiciary subcommittee will hold a hearing on healthcare fraud and competition that could inform how that activity is regulated going forward,…
Patients who have relied on the same Schenectady, N.Y., cardiology practice for years — some for decades — are watching a legal fight between Ellis Hospital and St. Peter’s Health Partners Medical Associates with growing concern over what it could…