St. Louis-based Ascension entered into a definitive agreement June 17 to acquire AmSurg, a move set to significantly scale its ASC presence across the U.S. AmSurg, headquartered in Nashville, Tenn., ...

Indiana Gov. Mike Braun signed legislation to expand restrictions on noncompete clauses in some physician contracts, The National Law Review reported June 16. The legislation goes into effect July 1, ...

Cleveland Clinic is expanding hours for outpatient care at several of its locations.  The locations will expand hours for outpatient specialty appointments, as well as for elective surgeries and ...

Here are five numbers scaring gastroenterologists: 1. 3% pay decline According to Medscape’s Gastroenterologist Compensation Report 2025, gastroenterologists saw their average annual salary drop from ...

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 ...

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.

A physician in Illinois has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for billing Medicaid and private insurers for nonexistent and unnecessary services.  Mona Ghosh, MD, owned and operated a medical ...