Olympus Cosmetic Group acquired Gallaher Plastic Surgery & Med Spa, a cosmetic surgery practice in Knoxville, Tenn., M&A Healthcare Advisors announced in a Sept. 9 news release. The deal marks Olympus’ first practice in Tennessee and expands the platform into…
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Kaiser Permanente expanded robotic surgery to its Tysons Corner Ambulatory Surgery Center in McLean, Va., giving the health system two robotic-capable ASCs within its seven-facility Mid-Atlantic network, according to an Inside Nova article sponsored by Kaiser Permanente and written by…
Milagro is expanding its partnership with Constitution Surgery Alliance to add clinical data extraction across the ASC network, the companies announced Sept. 9. The expansion follows Milagro’s rollout of autonomous surgical coding to three additional CSA facilities, bringing its coding…
BCC Research released a new report on Sept. 9, 2026, detailing how artificial intelligence is reshaping outpatient surgical care through improved planning, real-time monitoring and workflow efficiency. The Boston-based market research firm’s “AI Impact on Outpatient Surgical Procedures — BCC…
Payer contracting has become a top strategic priority for health systems, but many teams still run it on spreadsheets, disconnected systems and knowledge that lives in a few people’s heads. The pressure is mounting from both payers and providers, and…
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- Jessica Folmar, Vice President Payer Contracting, Strategy & Performance, Novant Health
- Ryan Catignani, MBA, PAHM, Vice President, Managed Care and Accountable Care, Corewell Health
- Michael Haney, Associate Chief Revenue Cycle Officer, Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC)
- Drew von Eschenbach, MBA, FHFMA, Vice President, Enterprise Revenue Cycle, UW Medicine
- Susan Becker, Director, Product Marketing - Healthcare & Life Sciences, Icertis
Physicians still get real satisfaction from the patient side of the job, but two forces are testing that bond: the growing footprint of AI in care decisions and the rising cost of getting treated at all, according to a report…
A federal jury convicted three defendants in an $11 million Medicaid fraud and kickback scheme involving a Henrico, Va.-based mental health agency, according to a Sept. 9 Justice Department news release. Twin sisters E’mon and Armone’ Ambers, 31, and Traquan…
UnitedHealthcare recently announced it’s cutting prior authorization requirements by 30%, including for some outpatient surgeries, by the end of 2026. Four surgeons connected with Becker’s to share their reaction to the announcement and how prior authorization has shaped their practices.…
Picture the morning huddle where someone asks where a patient stands and three people check three different places to answer. One opens a spreadsheet, one checks a whiteboard and one calls the coordinator who happens to know. Nobody is wrong,…
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- Mauricio Garcia Jacques, MD, MPH, Founder & CEO, Raport Health · Practicing pain & anesthesia physician · Founder, ACHE Institute of Houston, Raport Inc
CMS has cleared the federal path for cardiology’s move into ASCs, adding cardiac catheter ablation and hundreds of other cardiovascular codes to the ASC covered procedures list, starting in 2026. But whether a center can actually perform those procedures still…