Here are 10 updates on gastroenterology technologies and AI programs that are advancing the industry forward, as reported on by Becker’s this year.

In the 2026 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center Final Rule, published Nov. 21, CMS outlined plans to allow more procedures in ASCs. This included several ...

Several federal updates announced in the last week have significant implications for the ASC industry: 1. President Donald Trump postponed a planned announcement to extend enhanced ACA subsidies Nov.

Anesthesiology is confronting a mounting workforce crisis as the provider shortage deepens, retirements accelerate and training pipelines fail to keep pace with demand. The strain is already reshaping ...

Here are nearly 10 ASCs and outpatient facilities that have closed in 2025, as reported by Becker’s. Gaps in funding, staff struggles and to improve health system efficiencies led to a number of ASCs ...

Patrick County Urgent Care, an urgent care facility in Claudsville, Va., closed its doors Nov. 14, according to a notice posted in the window of the former physician’s office and obtained by Radio IQ ...

As bundled payments, an alternative to fee-for-service for surgery, become more popular, most ASCs report minimal utilization of the model. For its “ASC Leader Expectations for 2026” survey, VMG ...

Even as AI gains traction in healthcare, nearly half (47%) of ASC leaders have no intention of adopting it and other emerging technologies in 2026. For its “ASC Leader Expectations for 2026” survey, ...

Ameet Vohra, MD, owner of Miramar, Fla.-based Vohra Wound Physicians Management, and his companies have agreed to pay $45 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by ...

As spine and orthopedic procedures continue shifting outpatient, ASCs are managing rising case complexity, new technology expectations and tighter demands around patient experience and financial ...

In its September jobs report released Nov. 20, The Bureau of Labor Statistics found that healthcare added 42,8000 jobs for the month — with many from ASCs. Ambulatory health services contributed the ...

Four primary care practices in southern New Jersey are being “abruptly” closed by Optum, UnitedHealth Group’s physician practice arm, the Pine Barrens Tribune reported Nov. 20. One of the physicians ...