Administrative barriers, not insurance coverage, pose the biggest obstacle to bariatric surgery access in the U.S., according to a study published Aug. 29, 2026, in the journal Obesity Surgery.

National Healthcare Properties completed the sale of 30 primarily multi-tenant outpatient medical facilities for $198 million. The transaction represents the first tranche of its previously announced ...

The ASC industry of 2036 could look considerably different from the facilities dominating the market today. As higher-acuity procedures continue migrating out of hospitals, ASC leaders expect the next ...

NICUs, home health, ASCs and more, leaving physicians and ASC operators to navigate shifting referral patterns and care gaps in their markets. Here are the 10 hospitals closing services in the last ...

CMS has approved a growing list of procedures for the ASC setting in recent years, particularly in cardiology, and that shift is reshaping which specialty lines ASC operators are betting on for growth ...

Health systems and ASC operators struck some of the largest deals in the industry’s history over the past year, but not every hospital-ASC pairing works out, and Marie Edler, chief growth officer of ...

Physician assistants and advanced practice registered nurses can now order every noninvasive colorectal cancer screening test Medicare covers, ending a long-standing physician-only requirement under a ...

Ophthalmology Limited has expanded its Eye Surgery Center in Sioux Falls, S.D., adding operating room capacity and two new specialty services. The ASC now has four operating rooms, along with ...

From new implant procedures to notable achievements in robotics, here are five recent surgical ‘firsts’ taking place in the ASC industry in the last four months, as reported by Becker’s: 1.

Tampa, Fla.-based Pulmonary Associates of Brandon has agreed to pay $419,410 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting Medicare claims for evaluation and management ...