Greenwich Street Surgical, a new membership-based surgical facility in Manhattan, was designed to give aesthetic surgeons access to hospital-grade operating rooms without the costs and administrative burden of ownership. Co-founders Oren Tepper, MD, and Evan Garfein, MD, joined Becker’s to…
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Two plastic surgeons, Oren Tepper, MD, and Evan Garfein, MD, have opened Greenwich Street Surgical, a membership-based surgical facility in New York City. The 6,000-square-foot center, developed by a healthcare real estate team with experience in hospitals and ASCs, features…
The share of patients starting GLP-1 weight-loss drugs after bariatric surgery has climbed sharply in recent years, according to a large retrospective cohort study published Aug.27 in JAMA Surgery. Among more than 113,000 adults who underwent bariatric surgery, 14% initiated…
The ASC industry has existed for decades, but today’s operating environment looks dramatically different than it did at its inception. For Franklin, Tenn.-based Regent Surgical Health, that shift requires a new playbook. Founded in 2001, Regent Surgical Health partners with…
Here are eight new ASCs and outpatient centers that have opened, been approved and broken ground in the South, as reported by Becker’s since July 22:
There have been several key updates to both federal and state healthcare policies since Sept. 2, covering both financial and clinical issues. 1. The Republican-led House Appropriations Committee has released a spending bill for 2026 that dropped an $18 billion…
The physician market has been undergoing rapid consolidation, with health systems, private equity and other healthcare players competing to expand their reach. Here are 14 deals disrupting the physician market since November 2024: 1. In September, HonorHealth signed an agreement…
HonorHealth has signed an agreement to acquire Evernorth Care Group from Cigna. Evernorth Care Group operates 18 clinics in the greater Phoenix area and provides integrated primary care services to nearly 80,000 patients. The clinics will join HonorHealth upon close…
A Martinsville, Va.-based physician, who was found guilty of more than 450 counts of multiple drug charges in December, was sentenced to 40 years in prison, the Justice Department said in a Sept. 3 news release. What happened?
During a session at the American Society of Anesthesiologists’ ADVANCE 2025, panelists discussed their experiences working in administrative roles as anesthesiologists. The session was reported out by Anesthesiology News Sept. 3. Aalok Agarwala, MD, an anesthesiologist and associate chief medical…