UnitedHealth Group’s Optum has sold interest in some of Optum’s Florida WellMed clinics to private equity company TPG, Bloomberg originally reported Sept. 9. UnitedHealth Chief Financial Officer Wayne DeVeydt told Bloomberg that the healthcare company was looking for a partner…
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For much of the past decade, ASC dealmaking followed a more straightforward pattern of majority stake acquisitions between a corporate entity and a physician group But a new wave of ASC mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures and other deal structures has…
Efforts to transform prior authorization are at a critical crossroads: Will government mandates result in just compliance or catalyze national migration to FHIR-based electronic prior authorization (ePA)? The answer to this question cannot be found in the specifics of the…
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The FTC’s final order in the Ascension-Amsurg deal is a preview of how the agency plans to police ASC consolidation, even when the numbers involved are small, according to an Aug. 31 client alert from global law firm Cooley. On…
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…
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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- 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