Controlling costs while delivering high-quality care remains a pressing challenge for many ASCs. From staffing pressures to shifting reimbursement models and rising supply costs, two leaders joined ...

Lafayette, La.-based Cardiology Specialists of Acadiana has opened a 10,000-square-foot outpatient heart and vascular surgery center. The ASC offers diagnostic cardiac catheterizations, peripheral ...

Sunny Eappen, MD, president and CEO of Vermont University Health Network in Burlington, will step down from his current role Oct. 15, according to a news release shared with Becker’s. According to the ...

Some leaders feel that Stark law and anti-kickback statutes, once intended to safeguard Medicare dollars, are now having an unintended effect: pushing active physicians out of healthcare leadership.

St. Louis-based Ascension is boosting its outpatient strategy, a pivot after years of acute care divestitures and operational realignment. Here are five things to know: 1. Ascension is in advanced ...

Here are four hospitals, health systems and medical groups who have announced plans to shutter clinics in the last three months: 1. Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic Health System plans to close six ...

Several states have either adopted or proposed new private equity laws that could have significant impacts on mergers and acquisitions in the ASC space. 1. A bill currently awaiting final approval by ...

Operating rooms and ASCs are facing persistent shortages of anesthetic agents, forcing anesthesia teams to substitute drugs and alter workflows. As of June 19, the FDA listed 194 drugs in shortage, ...

Here are four recent milestones, updates or moves by certified registered nurse anesthetists groups or programs in the last month, as reported by Becker’s: 1. Sacramento, Calif.-based UC Davis Health ...

The Washington State Medical Association has inaugurated Bridget Bush, MD, as its president.  Dr. Bush is a practicing anesthesiologist at Optum Care Washington in Everett. In addition, serves on the ...

Rockville Centre, N.Y.-based Catholic Health has opened its newly expanded St. Francis Heart Center in East Hills, N.Y.  The 28,000-square-foot facility is an ambulatory care suite for cardiovascular ...

An anesthesiologist has been selected from a pool of more than 8,000 applicants to begin training for future flights to the International Space Station, the moon and eventually, Mars, CBS News ...