Medical device company Micro-Tech Endoscopy entered into a definitive agreement to acquire distribution rights for three gastroenterology product lines.  Micro-Tech Endoscopy will acquire global ...

Oregon Governor Tina Kotek has asked Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth to pause its plan to transition its emergency room staffing contract for 180 days, NPR-affiliate KLCC reported March 18. Here ...

The Business Corner is a bimonthly column by Shakeel Ahmed, MD, CEO of St. Louis-based Atlas Surgical Group. This is the third installment. Intestinal arteriovenous malformation are blood vessels that ...

Atlanta-based EyeSouth Partners has affiliated with an ophthalmology practice in Erie, Pa.  The MSO partnered with Laser Eye Surgery of Erie, which is led by Robert Haverly, MD, according to a March ...

California, Florida and Texas each had more than 20 facilities ranked on the “2026 Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers” list published by U.S. News. The publication evaluated more than 4,400 ASCs for ...

Five major physician practice deals in 2026 reveal an industry at an inflection point. Independent practices are becoming harder to sustain, academic partnerships are fracturing, and a new mix of ...

From the persistence of opioid dependency in patients post-procedure to workforce strain and decline, there are a number of trends putting increased pressure on anesthesiologists and their teams. Here ...

A Wheeling, W.Va., physician was sentenced to 41 months in prison for tax fraud totaling nearly $2.5 million and attempting to obstruct a federal investigation, the Justice Department said in a March ...

A new ASC pilot project is aiming to create the industry’s first comprehensive sustainability certification, and cost savings are driving the program. The GreenCare ASC Certification was developed by ...

Carle Health and Christie Clinic, both based in Champaign, Ill., are partnering to open a new endoscopy facility. The Champaign Endoscopy Center will expand the colonoscopy and upper endoscopy ...

Hospitals have long viewed ASCs as rivals poaching their most profitable cases, but some physicians and administrators say that “us versus them” framing misses the bigger picture and hurts everyone ...

As orthopedic ASCs expand to keep apace with the outpatient shift, the economics behind that growth also become more complex. While ASCs are often positioned as a lower-cost alternative to hospitals, ...