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UnitedHealthcare negotiated significantly lower facility fees than rival insurers at the very ASCs it owns, according to a study published in the September issue of Health Affairs. Researchers from Brown University, Columbia University, RAND Corp. and Cornell University used 2023…

Optum’s SCA Health now operates more than 370 ASCs and surgical hospitals across 38 states, with more than 60 health system partners and thousands of total joint replacements performed every month. That scale is exactly what’s letting the company build…

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…

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…