Sacramento, Calif.-based UC Davis Health has opened the 48X Complex, a $589 million outpatient surgery center designed to boost the system’s operating room capacity by nearly 50%. The four-story ...

Hospitals that cling to higher HOPD reimbursements and resist ASC development risk getting “left behind,” according to Jim ...

Greg DeConciliis, administrator of Boston Out-Patient Surgical Suites and president of Massachusetts Association of Ambulatory Surgery Centers, joined Becker’s to discuss his team’s data-first, ...

Charlotte, N.C.-based Flagship Healthcare Properties has acquired a fully leased ASC in Madison, Ala. The facility includes ...

Beginning Jan. 1, 2026, ASCs will receive separate Medicare reimbursement for two electronic infusion pumps used in ...

Private equity firms have become major players in the ASC industry through targeted acquisitions, platform building and ...

Brentwood, Tenn.-based Surgery Partners is one of the country’s largest ASC operators, with more than 200 centers across 33 ...

In 2024, Becker’s reported on 11 academic health centers that had opened or were developing new ASCs and outpatient centers. In 2025, that number increased to 14, a move that reflects growing interest ...

Even as most ASCs remain independent, consolidation is picking up speed, fueled by health systems, payers and private equity firms seeking scale, steadier earnings and tighter alignment with physician ...

Brentwood, Tenn.-based Surgery Partners said its subsidiary, Surgery Center Holdings, plans to offer an additional $425 million in senior unsecured notes, due 2032.  The notes will carry a 7.25% ...

Most ASC leaders Becker’s spoke with summed up the 2025 payer environment in a single word: challenging. Four of the five leaders pointed to intensifying prior authorization and referral requirements, ...

Providers of healthcare in the US have increasingly been pushed aside and commoditized by hospitals and insurers. As such our healthcare payment system is deeply flawed, with high costs, unequal ...