Leadership

For two rulemaking cycles running, CMS updated it’s policies to expand the number of procedures available in the outpatient setting – but all ASCs may not be seizing opportunities for service line expansion evenly.   But two months of reporting from…

Four of the 15 healthcare-industry billionaires on Forbes’ 2026 Forbes 400 list are physicians, and the rest built their fortunes as executives, founders or heirs in hospitals, medical devices, drug distribution and pharma.  Here are the physicians who made the…

Pathologists, hematologist-oncologists and podiatrists are the most likely physicians to search for a job in another state, according to a Sept. 4 blog post from Marit Health. The analysis of job search behavior from 18,000 clinicians found wide variation in…

For more than a decade, the ASC industry has absorbed one specialty after another that was once considered too complex for an outpatient setting, from total joint replacements to spine fusions and, more recently, cardiac electrophysiology procedures such as ablation.…

By 2035, the anesthesia monitoring technology alone is expected to be a $7.86 billion market, up from $3.17 billion in 2025, growing at a 9.5% annual clip as more complex cases move into outpatient settings. Medicare’s own numbers already show…

Health systems and ASC operators struck some of the largest deals in the industry’s history over the past year, but not every hospital-ASC pairing works out, and Marie Edler, chief growth officer of SCA Health, has a specific way of…

From new implant procedures to notable achievements  in robotics, here are five recent surgical ‘firsts’ taking place in the ASC industry in the last four months, as reported by Becker’s: 1. Portland-based Oath Surgical performed the first Genio sleep apnea…

More physician owners of ASCs are looking to partner rather than compete with hospitals, management companies or private equity firms, as rising costs and industry consolidation reshape the ASC landscape. For Terry Bohlke, that shift is the reason his new…

The ASC industry of 2036 could look considerably different from the facilities dominating the market today. As higher-acuity procedures continue migrating out of hospitals, ASC leaders expect the next decade to bring not only more complex cases into the outpatient…

Physician pay rose again in 2025, but some reports are showing ASC administrator pay didn’t keep pace.  Physician compensation climbed 3% in 2025, rising from $374,000 to $386,000, per year according to Medscape’s 2025 “Physician Compensation Report.” That increase outpaced…