South Bend, Ind.-based Beacon Health System has acquired Ascension Southwest Michigan. According to a July 1 news release shared with Becker’s, locally-owned, nonprofit Beacon signed a definitive ...

Providence, R.I.-based Anchor Medical Associates officially closed all three of its offices on June 30, leaving approximately 25,000 patients without a primary care provider, CBS affiliate WPRI ...

In what the federal government called the “largest Justice Department healthcare fraud takedown in history,” 324 individuals — including 96 medical providers — have been arrested in connection with ...

The consolidation of physician practices and ASCs by hospitals, health systems and private equity persists in markets across the U.S. However, some ASC physicians and leaders sense a growing push ...

Zhi Cheng, MD, a gastroenterologist, has pleaded guilty to sexually abusing seven women, including three patients under his care at NewYork-Presbyterian Queens hospital, ABC News reported June 30.

Here are more than 15 cardiologists who joined new hospitals, health systems, centers and more, as reported by Becker’s during the first half of the year. Note: This list is not exhaustive.

Lynnwood, Wash.-based independent cardiology practice CardioNow is partnering with CardioOne to expand cardiovascular care in the Pacific Northwest, according to a press release shared with Becker’s.

Hickory, N.C.-based Graystone Eye has opened a new location in North Wilkesboro, N.C., The Wilkes Record reported July 1. A ribbon-cutting ceremony will take place on July 8. The new location will be ...

NorthStar Anesthesia has forged a new partnership with Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital North, South Florida Hospital News reported July 1. NorthStar will provide anesthesia services at three of the ...

Cardiologists at the UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute in Harrisburg, Pa., are now offering renal denervation, a new treatment option for patients with hard-to-treat high blood pressure.  The catheter ...

Hartford, Conn.-based Trinity Health of New England has opened an ASC in Enfield, Conn., a project six years in the making, according to a June 27 report from NBC affiliate WWLP-22News.  The $50 ...

Historically dominated by physician owners, ASCs are now seeing rising involvement from hospitals, private equity firms and even payers. Shobhit Minhas, MD, orthopedic surgeon at Fox Valley ...