Plus: The splintering noncompete map

September 30, 2026

1. $45 an hour: Medicaid’s anesthesia rate lands on ASCs Full story

2. Physicians’ starting salaries reach $419K: A breakdown of 14 specialties Full story

3. South Shore Orthopedics turned off their AI for one day. 100 voicemails piled up by 11 a.m. Here’s the full story.

4. The cost pressures ASCs can’t ignore Full story

5. Who’s being hit hardest by hospital layoffs Full story

 

6. Avoidable cancellations at ASCs trace back weeks, not to the morning of surgery. Hear the fix in this webinar.

7. Texas physician sued over $500K neurostimulator billing Full story

8. What rural anesthesia knew before the shortage Full story

9. The splintering noncompete map Full story

10. Could healthcare costs flip Congress in 2026? Full story

 

11. Spreadsheets can’t hold your pre-op protocol together as your team turns over. See what can in this webinar.

12. Physicians push back on the surprise billing ‘gaming’ narrative Full story

13. 15 million Americans live in a county with no general surgeon: 6 things to know Full story

14. ASC growth can’t hinge on robotics alone Full story

15. Texas physician group to break ground on $13.5M ambulatory center Full story

Becker’s Learning Opportunities

16. Piedmont Columbus Regional now treats stroke faster than national guidelines without an on-site neurologist. See the model in this webinar.

17. CareSource Indiana reached 90th-percentile follow-up performance for behavioral health members. Hear how in this webinar.

18. Guidelight Health took its intensive outpatient model into multiple states. Its co-founder explains how in this webinar.

19. Becker’s upcoming webinars: workforce planning, healthcare large language models and physician-led cancer care. See the sessions here.

 

 

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