New Jersey Gov. Mikie Sherrill has signed legislation permanently granting independent practice authority to certain advanced practice nurses providing primary or behavioral health care in the state, ...

Phoenix-based Cardiovascular Consultants has agreed to pay $3.85 million to settle a class action lawsuit related to a 2023 data breach, according to a March 30 report from Claim Depot.  In September ...

Here are 17 ASC projects that were announced or completed in March, as reported by Becker’s: 1. Richmond (Va.) Heart and Vascular Associates plans to open a new, $4 million 27,000-square-foot office ...

Despite policy efforts to increase reimbursement, spending per Medicare beneficiary on primary care physicians fell from $438 in 2017 to $420 in 2023, according to a March report published in Health ...

Anesthesia partnerships continued to take shape across healthcare the first quarter, with independent groups, health systems and ASCs striking new and renewed contracts. Here are five new and expanded ...

Two Sutter Health facilities, including an ASC, have agreed to pay $3.2 million to resolve allegations of failing to guard against the theft and diversion of controlled substances, the Justice ...

Practice owners receive only 35% of income from salary compared to 69.5% for employees, with 40.8% from productivity and 18.2% from practice financial performance, according to the American Medical ...

Anesthesia coverage is emerging as one of the most critical and fragile operational pillars for ASCs. ASC leaders repeatedly cite the convergence of workforce shortages, reimbursement pressure and ...

As outpatient surgery continues its rapid migration from hospitals, a tension is emerging: the same payers pushing care into lower-cost settings are also making it harder to deliver it. From prior ...

In December 2025, HHS, alongside the Labor and Treasury departments, proposed significant updates to healthcare price transparency rules. Comments for the proposed updates were due by March 2, 2026, ...

Legislators in Tennessee have delayed a vote on a bill that would loosen the state’s certificate-of-need laws, the TimesNews reported March 30. The vote was originally set for March 30. Its sponsor, ...

Employment-based noncompete agreements will become void and unenforceable in Washington by June 30, 2027, the National Law Review reported March 30. The new law will apply retroactively to all ...