Longmeadow-based The Hand Center of Western Massachusetts will close June 1, according to a notice posted on the practice’s website. The closure is attributed to “sudden unexpected staffing issues” ...

Duke University in Durham, N.C., and the University of Iowa in Iowa City have been named as the schools with the best physician assistant programs in 2025, according to U.S. News & World Report’s ...

President Donald Trump’s fiscal year 2026 budget proposal, released May 2, outlines a $160 billion reduction in non-defense federal spending. Here are five things ASCs need to know: 1. Major cuts to ...

Here are 10 recent policy, business and workforce updates in the ASC industry: 1. President Donald Trump released fiscal 2026’s budget proposal May 2, which included $160 billion in reductions to ...

Coral Terrace, Fla.-based Nicklaus Children’s Hospital appointed Shyam Sathanandam, MD, as chief of cardiovascular medicine, according to a May 1 report from South Florida Hospital News.  Dr.

Physicians saw an average 3.6% rise in compensation this year, reaching $398,000, according to Medscape’s 2025 “Physician Compensation Report,” published April 11. Since 2015, physicians have seen an ...

Here are eight updates on payers since April 15, as reported by Becker’s: 1. The Cigna Group said that it will introduce two new programs to help manage the cost and delivery of GLP-1 drugs. 2. At ...

Interventional cardiologists expressed concern and frustration over recent changes to healthcare policy and financing in a May 5 report from Medpage Today. Here are four notes from the report: 1. At ...

Nashville, Tenn.-based AmSurg is one of the largest ASC companies in the U.S., with a network of more than 250 surgery centers across 34 states. Here are three recent moves by the ASC operator, as ...

Lawmakers in North Carolina have proposed several bills aimed at cutting the state’s healthcare costs and expanding access, NC Health News reported May 5. Here are six takeaways from the report: 1. By ...

Upland, Pa.-based Crozer-Chester Medical Center officially closed May 2, marking the final step in Prospect Medical Holdings’ plan to shut down the Crozer Health system. Here are five things to know: ...

From labor contracts to new leadership appointments, here are nine things Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente have done in the last month: 1. Roughly 2,400 mental health workers ended a strike ...