With 44% of ASCs expecting to pay anesthesia stipends and 27 states opted out of federal CRNA supervision, the staffing model a center picks has become a strategic bet. The share of ASCs expecting to ...

Swiss medtech company Distalmotion took to LinkedIn Oct. 6 to break down the integration of a surgical robot into an ASC. The company has built its pitch for the robot around the outpatient setting, ...

Plano, Texas-based Heal 360 Urgent Care, Heal 360 Primary Care and their owner, Mohammed Amer Mohiuddin, MD, have agreed to pay $20 million to resolve allegations that they billed a federal COVID-19 ...

Ophthalmology has added optometrist Stefanie Fernandez, OD, to its Raleigh and North Raleigh locations. She begins seeing patients Oct. 12, according to a news release shared with Becker’s. Dr.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s recent investigation into UnitedHealth Group revolves around RedBud Surgery Center, an ASC in Austin. According to the attorney general, UnitedHealthcare approved a ...

Outpatient visits fell 7.5% in May 2026, matching a seasonal dip seen in May and June of 2024 and 2025, according to Chicago-based Strata Decision Technology’s latest Performance Trends Report. The ...

Milwaukee-based Hammes, a real estate platform specializing in healthcare investment, development and property management, has named Patrick Hammes as CEO.  In the role, Mr. Hammes will provide ...

Niraj Varma, MD, PhD, an electrophysiologist at Cleveland Clinic, performed the first U.S. implant of Biotronik’s Acticor Sky DX cardiac resynchronization therapy defibrillator, the company announced ...

ASCs completed prior authorization on 32% of cases that required it in 2025, according to HST Pathways’ 2026 State of the ASC Industry Report. The report draws on data from 682 surgery centers in 45 ...

Las Vegas-based Desert Orthopaedic Center has provided notice of a data privacy incident.  The organization learned of the breach on or about Aug. 7. An investigation determined that certain ...