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The CY2026 final rule gave ASCs their broadest procedure-list expansion in years while holding the update at 2.6%. The CY2027 proposed rule — expected this summer — and a new House parity bill will decide whether the momentum compounds.
Every line in your 2027 budget — rates, case mix, payer steering — traces back to decisions CMS finalized in this rule or queued for the next one.
A standing reference: the CY2026 update, the conversion-factor gap, and national rates for the sector's marquee codes. Updated with our reimbursement coverage.
Payment updates compound. Knowing which codes moved — and modeling them against your case mix — is the difference between a budget and a guess.
The CY2027 OPPS/ASC proposed rule sets the ASC update at 2.4%, extends the hospital-market-basket update formula one more year, and proposes adding 618 codes to the covered-procedures list. Published July 7; comments due August 31.
Anthem's New York provider bulletin sets a July 1, 2026 penalty of 7.5% of the allowed amount of a participating facility's claim whenever a nonparticipating provider renders part of the care.
| Date | Transaction | Specialty | Geo | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24 | Surgery Partners agrees to sell its Idaho Falls surgical facilities to Intermountain Health | Multi | ID | ~$1.15B |
| Jun 04 | Ascension closes AMSURG acquisition; FTC requires 7-center divestiture | Multi | National | ~$3.9B |
| Jun 02 | Optum's SCA Health acquires six AMSURG centers in FTC-ordered divestiture | Multi | TN, FL, OK, TX, KS | $ — |
| Mar 04 | Surgery Partners enters dialysis access with 8-center Preferred Vascular buy | Vasc | GA, OH | $ — |
| Jan 21 | NueHealth adds four ASC management partnerships, including a Platte City de novo | Multi | NJ, MO | $ — |
| Jan 01 | Penn State Health takes full ownership of Surgery Center of Lancaster | Multi | PA | $ — |
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