Here are five recent statistics that illustrate the mounting supply chain pressures facing ASCs and other healthcare providers: 1. Medical supply chain costs are projected to increase 2.41% in 2026. 2 ...

Here are four physician fraud cases reported by Becker’s in the last eight days: 1. Mount San Rafael Hospital and Rural Health Clinic in Trinidad, Colo., and three physicians employed by the hospital ...

Mount San Rafael Hospital and Rural Health Clinic in Trinidad, Colo., and three physicians employed by the hospital agreed to pay a combined $650,000 to resolve allegations that they violated the ...

Ralph Abraham, MD, surgeon general of Louisiana, has been tapped as principal deputy director of the CDC, CNN reported Nov. 25. The CDC does not currently have a permanent director after Susan ...

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 ...

A Bethlehem, Pa.-based St. Luke’s University Health Network hospital was among the first in the state to deploy the Pi-Cardia ShortCut device during a valve-in-valve transcatheter aortic valve ...