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HCA Healthcare is facing mounting pressure to give up control of Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Health, which it acquired in 2019.

The overarching trends in healthcare affect ASCs in unique ways, making monitoring industry developments a key to success at outpatient surgery centers. 

From potential Stark law amendments to a noncompete ban, here are four recent federal moves that are affecting physicians:

Demand for physician specialists is growing, according to AMN Healthcare's 2024 "Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting Incentives," report. 

The ASC industry is largely fragmented, with roughly 68% of ASC facilities operating independently as of 2023. 

David Ricks, CEO of Eli Lilly, one of the largest companies in the U.S. by revenue, earned more than $25 million in 2023, according to a report from Equilar listing CEO pay for the 100 largest companies by revenue.  

There are four women in the U.S. with net worths of more than $1 billion who earned their fortune in healthcare, according to the Forbes' Real-Time Billionaires rankings.

From CFOs to ASCs, the pressure to meet margins as costs soar and reimbursements decline affects  all of healthcare. 

After earning a net revenue of $5.1 billion in the second quarter of 2024, Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare cemented its status a major player in the healthcare market at large. 

It is becoming more difficult for ASCs to remain independent as costs rise and reimbursement declines.