A bad hire, an underused robot or a budget built on hope can cost an ASC far more than it saves. Many leaders say their costliest missteps of the past year looked like sound decisions at the time.

Miami-based cardiology group MyCardiologist opened the MyCardiologist Ambulatory Care Center, a new outpatient cardiovascular facility located in Miami Lakes, Fla. The center focuses exclusively on ...

Brentwood, Tenn.-based SpecialtyCare and two affiliated physician groups sued two Anthem health plans, alleging the insurers failed to pay about $2.5 million in No Surprises Act independent dispute ...

The two physicians leading Cardiology Associates of Schenectady (N.Y.) allege in a counterclaim that Albany, N.Y.-based St. Peter’s Health Partners used noncompete agreements to dismantle Ellis ...

A Johnson County, Kan., health software CEO has been sentenced to 19 years in prison for running a platform that generated false physician orders used to bill Medicare and other federal health ...

When NueHealth wanted to build an orthopedic ASC in Chicago’s southwest suburbs designed to take on financial risk for total joint replacement, Illinois law steered it away from building one from ...

The number of provider groups receiving federal independent dispute resolution decisions on ambulatory surgery center claims nearly doubled to 2,580 in 2025, up from 1,324 in 2024, according to an ...

The anesthesia shortage is easing for ASCs, but not evenly. Small centers and those staffed only by anesthesiologists report the strongest access, while large centers and those using the industry’s ...

CMS made 22 surgical procedure codes newly payable in ASCs through its 2026 quarterly updates, according to an analysis of the agency’s April, July and October ASC payment updates. The agency also ...

GLP-1 use was associated with 11% lower odds of major cardiovascular complications and 8% lower odds of infections after surgery, according to a study of more than 2 million adults presented at the ...

UnitedHealth Group is made up of 2,807 entities, according to the latest edition of the Sunlight Report. That includes 376 entities identified since the 2025 report. The report uses publicly available ...

There were 105 transactions in the physician medical group sector during the third quarter of 2026, according to an Oct. 19 news release from Levin Associates.  Here are six things to know: ...