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From mega-acquisitions to new joint ventures, ASC companies continued to expand aggressively in 2025.  VMG Health’s annual ASC industry report, published Feb. 3, outlined 11 transactions that underscore the sector’s continued consolidation: 1. In January 2025, Optum subsidiary SCA Health,…

Physician practice closures continue to underscore the financial and regulatory pressures facing independent medicine — in just the past month, Becker’s has reported on five physician practices and clinics that have shut their doors across multiple states. Physician practice bankruptcies…

Bend, Ore.-based St. Charles Health System is expanding its cardiology department with the addition of 16 providers over a two-year period.  The system added seven providers in 2025 and plans to onboard nine more in 2026, bringing its cardiology team…

ASCs have taken center stage of many hospital and health systems’ growth and development strategies in recent years as they look to expand access and lower costs while aligning with value-based initiatives.  This includes academic health systems, some of which…

The ASC industry faces an array of pressures in the year ahead, from rising costs and payer issues and a struggling physician workforce.  As the demand for surgical services in the U.S. intensifies with an aging population, many ASC leaders…

Germantown, Md.-based Capital Surgical Solutions plans to open a new ASC in Portland, Ore., in the fourth quarter of 2026, according to a Feb. 6 LinkedIn post by the company. The project, called Portland Orthopedic Surgery Center, is being developed…

The highest-paid cardiologist in Los Angeles, the most populated city in the West, earns $997,400 per year, according to Medscape’s salary reporter tool.  Cardiologists earn an average of $432,490 annually across the country, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. …

Rising volumes and strong demand have masked some of the biggest vulnerabilities facing ASCs.  Six ASC leaders joined Becker’s to discuss how the industry may be underestimating risks ranging from reimbursement erosion to anesthesia coverage strain. Editor’s note: Responses have…

What many ASC leaders once viewed as a short-term, post-pandemic workforce disruption now looks like a permanent reset, one driven less by “staffing shortages” alone and more by a fundamental shift in what clinicians will accept at work. Seven ASC…