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Where Ascension's $3.9B AmSurg deal stands | USPI hospital pays $5.6M to resolve Stark law claims | ASC-hospital competition heats up | Practices missing revenue blind spots | What's driving Novant's ASC expansion

Ascension-AmSurg update, CMS shifts and rising ASC pressure February 25, 2026 1. Where Ascension's $3.9B AmSurg deal stands as closing nears Full story 2. Site neutrality heats up ASC-hospital competition Full story 3. Strengthen throughput, expand your network and stay…

Cracks in the physician consolidation model | What Optum's SCA Health wants payers to know about ASCs | Tenet's portfolio 'now more predictable' | 5 hospitals ending services | Top 10 ASC procedures by Medicare pay

Consolidation strains, ASC growth and hospital cutbacks February 24, 2026 1. The cracks in the physician consolidation model Full story 2. What Optum's SCA Health wishes payers knew about ASCs Full story 3. Proven surgical scheduling tactics that turned backlog…

Stark law demystified | Richest physician in US healthcare | 5 regulatory changes ASCs can't ignore | Former Optum director guilty in $1.2M fraud scheme | Health systems pour $200M into new ASCs

Major Stark updates, fraud fallout and $200M ASC investments you need to know. February 23, 2026 1. Stark law demystified Full story 2. The richest physician in US healthcare Full story 3. What's next for independent ASCs? Get answers from…

Emerging anesthesia disruptors | Top 5 ASC companies | ASC deals harder to find amid 'evaporation effect' | An ASC cost crisis | Optum's new AI tool

February 21, 2026 1. Emerging anesthesia disruptors Full story 2. Best, worst cities for physicians to practice Full story 3. Denial workflows fail ASCs on recoupments. Learn why here. 4. The ASC cost crisis Full story 5. 5 biggest ASC…

AI's quiet disruption | Physician sentenced in $50M fraud scheme | SCA Health's payer strategy | 5 physician practice deals in 20 days | Atlas, Prisma ink JV ASC deal

Big physician shifts, legal fallout and ASC growth February 20, 2026 1. The AI disruptor — and what it means for physicians Full story 2. Indiana physician owner sentenced for $50M fraud scheme Full story 3. Spine, orthopedic and pain programs…

Where USPI wants to win next | PE's new playbook for physicians | The biggest ASC investments in '26 | HCA acquires physician group | Inflation & ASCs: 5 notes

Power moves reshaping physicians and ASCs February 19, 2026 1. Where USPI wants to win next Full story 2. The evolving private equity equation for physicians Full story 3. Second FDA Clearance Announced for ONE TRAY®. Comparison between the new (K250029) 365…

5 biggest ASC companies | Anesthesia's emerging disruptors | The best, worst cities for physicians | Humana eyes $1B primary care deal | Why prior auth is strangling ASC growth

A look at ASC giants, anesthesia upstarts, physician hotspots and prior auth pressures shaping the m February 18, 2026 1. 5 biggest ASC companies by number of centers, a 7-year breakdown Full story 2. Anesthesia's emerging disruptors Full story 3.…

ASCs' cost crisis | SCA Health on CMS adding 560 ASC codes | Trends shaping private practice | Man sentenced in $70M physician kickback scheme | 5 largest anesthesiology physician groups

Rising financial pressure, major CMS updates and the latest physician workforce shifts. February 17, 2026 1. ASCs' cost crisis Full story 2. The trends shaping private practice Full story 3. Recoupments 101: Get a breakdown of the biggest RCM problem…

ASC deals' 'evaporation effect' | SCA Health says CMS technicality undercuts ASC pay | Physicians are doing more, but being paid less | Ala. practice to close after 32 years | NC plan to save private practice

ASC consolidation concerns mount, reimbursement pressures intensify and private practices face mount February 16, 2026 1. Why ASC deals are harder to find amid the 'evaporation effect' Full story 2. SCA Health warns CMS technicality undercuts ASC pay bump Full story…

11 ASC power plays | Noncompete laws by state | USPI eyes 'high acuity spine' | Threats ASCs don't see coming | Emerging physician disruptors

February 14, 2026 1. ASC power plays: 11 deals to know Full story 2. Noncompete laws in 2026: State-by-state breakdown Full story 3. Recoupments & ASCs — Find a practical primer here. 4. USPI to capitalize on 'high acuity spine' Full…