Both state and federal lawmakers have passed five anesthesia-related bills in the last three months, a pace that signals anesthesia policy is no longer a slow-moving regulatory backwater. The common thread is that lawmakers are simultaneously expanding who can administer…
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St. Louis-based Ascension, one of the largest nonprofit Catholic health systems in the country, has spent the last decade building a private equity portfolio worth more than $1 billion — largely without triggering the regulatory review that would accompany buying…
A Chicago-based podiatry practice and its owner have been named in a joint federal and state civil complaint alleging they submitted more than $5.2 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare and Medicaid by billing under other physicians’ names after the…
As more procedures migrate to ASCs, hospitals are still paying salaries to keep surgeons on staff, according to Kaufman Hall’s Q2 2026 Physician Flash Report, which analyzed data from more than 200,000 employed physicians and advanced practice providers across 100-plus…
Cardiac imaging, monitoring and specialist follow-up volumes keep climbing, and cardiovascular disease remains the leading cause of death worldwide. The response in most health systems has been to add AI department by department — automated echo quantification in one place,…
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Ask ASC leaders where the industry is headed and most agree that the industry is headed toward more volume, more acuity and more procedures migrating out of the hospital. Where many ASC leaders disagree, however, is when it comes down…
Anesthesia has become one of the most expensive line items on an ASC’s books. Stipend payments are now standard. The share of ASCs paying anesthesia stipends jumped from 28% in 2024 to 44% in 2025, according to VMG Health data.…
Corporate entities now employ 82% of U.S. physicians, and about nine out of 10 physicians in employed settings are reporting symptoms of burnout, according to a new survey. The Physicians Advocacy Institute and Healthsperien’s Center for Health Research, Policy &…
Referrals stall between the referring office and the scheduler. Calls get abandoned. A patient hits the phone tree, gives up, and books somewhere else. None of it registers in a report until the revenue is gone and the patient is…
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Kansas City-based Crown MedRealty Partners has acquired a six-property medical outpatient building portfolio in Michigan totaling 35,585 square feet, according to an Aug. 18 news release. The portfolio, fully occupied by Michigan ENT & Allergy Associates, spans facilities in Holland,…