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As outpatient care continues to shift toward ASCs, leaders must rethink how to deliver financially sustainable, patient-centered care. Joe Peluso, administrator at Aestique Surgical Center in ...
There have been at least 14 major medical malpractice verdicts in 2025 so far, according to a June 20 blog post from legal services company Expert Institute. Here are the biggest verdicts so far this ...
Anesthesiologists have the highest intent to leave their roles out of all physician specialists, with 40.6% expressing interest in leaving their current jobs within the next two years, according to a ...
With a growing number of tattoo artists offering pain management — including topical anesthetics — for lengthy sessions, the American Society of Anesthesiologists has issued guidelines for these ...
Brentwood, Tenn.-based Surgery Partners, one of the country’s largest ASC operators, rejected a buyout bid from Bain Capital, its largest shareholder, choosing to remain independent. Bain Capital, ...
Ten specialties emerged as those physicians were least likely to leave, according to the American Medical Association’s “Organizational Biopsy” survey, published May 28. The national physician ...
A bill that would ban time limits on anesthesia now sits on Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s desk, WAND News reported June 23. The legislation was introduced in January by Republican state Rep. Bill ...
A Chesterfield, Mo.-based physician has been sentenced to five years in prison and ordered to pay $2.87 million in restitution for his role in a healthcare fraud scheme, the Justice Department ...
Clearwater, Fla.-based BayCare Health System has named its chief ambulatory services officer, C. Todd Jones, chief strategy officer. Mr. Jones will now hold a dual title, remaining BayCare’s chief ...
GE Healthcare has issued a medical device correction for its Carestation anesthesia monitoring platform, according to a June 24 report from Mass Device. If uncorrected, the error can lead to injury or ...
Two Florida physician groups and two physicians have agreed to pay $810,301 to settle allegations that they violated the False Claims Act, the Justice Department said in a June 20 news release. What ...
Here are six recent studies and data points on the cost and effectiveness of colonoscopies, as reported by Becker’s: 1. A study published in Gastroenterology found that despite ACA requirements ...