From ASC acquisitions to new care delivery tools, here are six updates from Optum, the parent company of ASC chain SCA Health, that Becker’s has reported on since the start of 2026: ...

San Francisco-based Oath Surgical is taking on the fragmented healthcare system with a vertically integrated approach to outpatient surgery. Launched in 2024, Oath operates three ASCs in Portland, Ore ...

Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health plans to build a new outpatient clinic in Washington City, Utah. According to a March 20 news release the facility will offer services including primary care, ...

Cincinnati-based The Christ Hospital has acquired its Springfield (Ohio) Township Outpatient Center for $6 million in an all-cash transaction, the Cincinnati Business Courier reported March 20. The ...

A Greenbelt, Md.-based vascular company and its physician CEO have agreed to pay $4 million to resolve allegations of billing federal healthcare programs for medically unnecessary procedures, the ...

The American Society of Anesthesiologists is urging CMS not to proceed with proposed policies that would end coverage of peripheral nerve blocks for chronic pain. ASA applauded 25 bipartisan members ...

The Iowa Board of Medicine has lifted its emergency suspension of a Des Moines transplant surgeon’s license after a procedural error derailed disciplinary proceedings, Iowa Capital Dispatch reported ...

Michigan lawmakers are weighing legislation that would eliminate hospital outpatient facility fees and loosen certificate-of-need requirements for imaging services. House Bill 5770, introduced March ...

A Batesville, Miss., man has been hit with a civil judgment of more than $31 million for his role in an illegal kickback scheme targeting federal healthcare programs, the Justice Department said in a ...

California tops the list with 105 high-performing ASCs, while Vermont has none, according to U.S. News’ 2026 ratings published March 17. The 2026 U.S. News ratings for ASCs are based on Medicare ...

Houston-based University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has opened a colorectal cancer center.  The facility brings subspecialty colorectal cancer care services together in one location. It houses ...

As hospitals and health systems continue to align their strategic goals closer with the outpatient migration, more leaders are being appointed in the ambulatory and perioperative space. Here are 22 ...