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Inside the health system, physician group $12M ASC lawsuit | Why Ascension believes ASCs need a rebrand | Where ASCs are disappearing | What's dragging down ASC valuations? | Anesthesia's emerging safety threat

What’s changing in the ASC market. June 30, 2026 1. Iowa health system, physician group sue each other over $12M ASC valuation gap Full story 2. Why Ascension believes ASCs need a rebrand Full story 3. Opioid-sparing surgery is now…

Billing error triggers $14.2M Stark law settlement | Hospital sell-off funds ASC boom | The expense

ASC physician trends & headwinds June 29, 2026 1. The hospital sell-off funding the ASC boom Full story 2. How a missing billing modifier triggered a $14.2M Stark settlement Full story 3. When revenue cycle and supply chain operate in…

Who's winning, losing the physician M&A race?| The real physician paycheck | Ascension's ASC rebrand theory | 90 physicians charged in DOJ fraud sweep | 1 specialty's incoming 'litigation wave'

The physician practice acquisition scorecard, Ascension’s ASC rebrand June 27, 2026 1. Who’s winning, losing the physician practice acquisition race? Full story 2. The real physician paycheck: Salary vs. total compensation Full story 3. The gap between revenue cycle and…

Physician M&A's invisible ownership transfer | ASC market's consolidation boom | What's pushing physicians out of practice early? | Optum to sell some NY specialties | NY system to close ASC, orthopedic group

June 26, 2026 1. The invisible ownership transfer reshaping physician M&A Full story 2. Is the ASC market consolidating faster than regulators can keep up? Full story 3. Independent physician practices are protecting margins without overhauling billing. See how here.…

Why this physician wants 'Mark Cuban to get involved' with consolidation | The real physician paycheck | The CRNA cost cliff | What the Medicare opt-out wave means for ASCs | CMS' $2.8B TJR problem

The forces reshaping ASC economics. June 25, 2026 1. ‘I would love to tell Mark Cuban to get involved’: What physician consolidation is costing patients Full story 2. The real physician paycheck: Salary vs. total compensation Full story 3. How…

Stark law's $632M reckoning | The real physician paycheck | Does ASC consolidation have a ceiling? | Good news for the physician workforce | 90 physicians charged in DOJ's fraud sweep

A record Stark Law reckoning, evolving pay trends, ASC growth limits and a major fraud sweep. June 24, 2026 1. Stark law’s $632M reckoning: 5 biggest cases in 5 years Full story 2. The real physician paycheck: Salary vs. total…

The physician practice acquisition scorecard | ASCs' volume obsession problem | Anesthesia has a usage problem, not a workforce shortage | Why ASC safety issues start with staffing | Inside CMS' new oversight rules

The biggest pressures facing physician practices and ASCs. June 23, 2026 1. Who’s winning, losing the physician practice acquisition race? Full story 2. The volume obsession hurting independent ASCs Full story 3. Harmonize revenue cycle and supply chain to protect…

How Optum built one of the largest ASC empires | wRVU pay, hospital subsidies and Stark law fraud | 10 highest-paying states for anesthesiologists | NSA's hidden cost | $27.9B reason the ASC-HOPD pay gap should close

Optum’s ASC playbook, top anesthesia pay, and the hidden cost of the NSA. June 22, 2026 1. How Optum built one of the largest ASC empires — and what’s happening now Full story 2. wRVU pay isn’t Stark law fraud: Notes…

The Stark law case physician employers must know | Mark Cuban: A new ASC ally? | ASC leaders skeptical of FTC's Ascension-AmSurg play | Physicians' hidden income gap | Anesthesia pay crisis in 10 nos.

A new Stark law case and what it means for physicians; thoughts on FTC enforcement June 20, 2026 1. The Stark law case every physician employer is watching Full story 2. Mark Cuban built Cost Plus Drugs. Now he’s coming…

Mark Cuban is targeting how ASCs get paid | 5 physician legal controversies | Optum clarifies anesthesia payment policy | Where are physicians moving? | Anesthesiologist settles drug recordkeeping claims

ASC payments, Optum policy updates and legal headlines. June 18, 2026 1. Mark Cuban built Cost Plus Drugs. Now he’s coming for how ASCs get paid Full story 2. 5 physician legal controversies reshaping healthcare Full story 3. When revenue…