Gastroenterology companies are growing in 2026, adding new offices, expanding provider networks and drawing fresh capital as consolidation reshapes the specialty. Here are six GI companies Becker’s has reported on that are getting bigger this year: 1. Jacksonville, Fla.-based Borland…
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Orthopedic surgery is moving out of the hospital faster than any payment system was built to handle, and the fight over who gets paid what for that shift is now the defining question for ASCs heading into 2026. The migration…
Anesthesia costs have become the biggest financial surprise hitting ASCs, and four surgery center leaders say the shift happened faster than most expected. Before 2022, most ASCs paid nothing for anesthesia coverage. Today, stipends and daily guarantees have turned anesthesia…
Carle Health temporarily halted elective surgical procedures at its Champaign, Ill. Ambulatory Surgery Center after extreme heat and humidity impacted the facility’s cooling system on July 1, according to a statement from the health system. Elective cases scheduled for the…
Private equity’s consolidation of anesthesiology has been documented in federal courtrooms, academic studies and state attorney general investigations. Here’s a breakdown of where that consolidation stands market by market, which ASCs are now effectively captive to a single dominant group…
A mandatory bundled payment model is arriving for orthopedic care, and under CJR-X, hospitals and health systems will be accountable for the total cost and quality of each episode — whether or not they are prepared. Programs that misjudge their…
Aug 27, 2026 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CDT
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Presenters:
- P. Maxwell Courtney, MD, Chair of AAHKS Advocacy Committee Division Chief of Adult Reconstruction at Rothman Orthopedics Associate Professor, Orthopedic Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University
- Stephen Engstrom, MD, MBA, AAHKS Advocacy Committee Member
- Bronwyn Spira PT, MPT, Founder & CEO, Force Therapeutics
Anesthesia coverage has quietly moved from a scheduling detail to a strategic question, one that ASC administrators, surgeons, and anesthesiologists say will define which surgery centers grow and which ones stall over the next five years. From stipends becoming standard…
Anesthesia reimbursement has been eroding for years, but the pace of payer-driven policy changes has accelerated sharply since 2023. “Continued decrease in reimbursement certainly puts a strain on anesthesia practices at a time when overhead continues to increase,” Jason Habeck,…
Spine surgery is evolving rapidly through advances in minimally invasive techniques, motion-preserving procedures, robotic technology and complex spinal reconstruction. Across the country, spine surgeons are leading those advances by improving patient outcomes, advancing clinical research and training the next generation…
The compensation number a physician is quoted at signing is rarely the one that shows up in their bank account. The gap between physician’s headline compensation figure and actual take-home is wide, and three physician leaders joined Becker’s to discuss…