An executive at UnitedHealth Group (NYSE: UNH) said the company’s ambulatory surgery center (ASC) division is humming along – even if it’s part of a larger division that’s in the midst of a makeover. During UnitedHealth’s second-quarter earnings call on July 16, Deutsche Bank analyst George Hill asked whether Optum, the company’s healthcare services arm, had noticed that outpatient surgical volume trends were becoming a concern for investors across the space. Hill’s question came after major health system HCA Healthcare Inc. (NYSE: HCA) revealed in a second-quarter earnings preview that same-facility outpatient surgeries declined 3.4% year over year.
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Source: https://ascnews.com/2026/07/unitedhealth-sees-smooth-sailing-for-asc-business/