Olmsted Medical Center is opening a new ASC and clinic in Owatonna, Minn., according to a June 14 report from Owatonna People’s Press.  Procedures including endoscopies, colonoscopies, biopsies and ...

While consolidation among hospitals, private equity and large health systems has been a steady trend within the ASC and physician group space over the years, some leaders and physicians have seen ...

Newark, N.J.-based University Hospital’s Structural Heart Program has completed its 100th transcatheter aortic valve replacement procedure. Each procedure is performed by a multidisciplinary team, ...

A number of legislative developments and new data points to a shift in private equity activity, especially in the area of physician practice acquisitions. Here are three recent updates on the changing ...

Four Florida residents have been charged for their role in a Medicare fraud scheme involving physician kickbacks, the Justice Department said in a June 12 news release. What happened?

Michael Lucchesi, MD, former emergency medicine chair and chief medical officer at New York City-based SUNY Downstate, pleaded guilty to stealing about $1.44 million by using a business credit card ...

ASC development company Constitution Surgery Alliance has secured an investment from private equity firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe. CSA, which launched in 1998, partners with health systems to ...

Physicians at smaller, rural practices were disproportionately penalized by CMS’ Merit-based Incentive Payment System in 2025, according to a June 13 report by the American Medical Association. A ...

When performed every three to five years, CT colonographies may be more effective at catching instances of colon cancer than stool-based tests, according to a June 10 study published in Radiology. The ...

California saw the largest decrease in the average annual wage for certified registered nurse anesthetists from 2023 to 2024, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Across the U.S., ...

Valley Health is considering constructing a medical office building, anticipated to cost between $35 and $50 million, to consolidate its outpatient services, according to a June 11 report from the ...

Lilit Baltaian, MD, a formerly licensed physician from Porter Ranch, Calif., was sentenced to 54 months in prison for falsifying home health certifications and fraudulently billing Medicare. Dr.