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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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?

ASC development company Constitution Surgery Alliance has secured an investment from private equity firm Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe. CSA, which launched in 1998, partners with health systems to ...

Physicians at smaller, rural practices were disproportionately penalized by CMS’ Merit-based Incentive Payment System in 2025, according to a June 13 report by the American Medical Association. A ...

When performed every three to five years, CT colonographies may be more effective at catching instances of colon cancer than stool-based tests, according to a June 10 study published in Radiology. The ...

The University of Michigan Health-West and Orthopaedic Associates of Michigan have partnered to develop an orthopedic-focused ASC.  The school’s board of regents approved the partnership as well as ...

The department of pediatrics at UAB Medicine has appointed Mark Law, MD, as division director of pediatric cardiology.  Dr. Law has authored or co-authored more than 70 peer-reviewed articles and book ...

Autonomy remains a central concern for physicians as declining reimbursement rates, soaring operational costs and other financial burdens force them into increasingly consolidated practice models.