ASC and anesthesia leaders are turning to creative solutions amid the growing anesthesia provider shortage. According to a 2024 Medicus white paper, there will be a projected shortage of 6,300 ...

Williamsville, N.Y.-based Great Lakes Cardiovascular has opened a new location in Olean, N.Y., according to a Nov. 12 report from the Olean Times Herald. Great Lakes is the only cardiology group in ...

Healthcare bankruptcies have slowed since a five-year high in 2023, when 12 hospitals and health systems filed for bankruptcy. Becker's has reported on three hospital and health system bankruptcies ...

Physician frustration is growing as prior authorization and other payer obstacles lead to increased retrospective payment denial. The American Medical Association is is advocating for reforms to payer ...

On Nov. 1, CMS finalized its 2025 physician payment rule, which includes a 94 cent (2.83%) conversion factor decrease from 2024. This is unwelcome news for independent physicians, many of whom have ...

Many leaders say gastroenterology is getting hit harder by reimbursement cuts and payer behavior than other specialties. Several leaders joined Becker's Nov. 1 on a panel at the 30th annual Business ...

Anti-Kickback Statute and the False Claims Act enforcement is entering a new era — turning away from enforcement of COVID-10 pandemic-era fraud, Law.com reported Nov. 7. The recent reelection of ...

The U.S. Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against UnitedHealth Group, parent company of Optum, to prevent its planned $3.3 billion acquisition of home health provider Amedisys, Bloomberg ...

A Florida ophthalmology practice has agreed to pay $1.3 million to resolve federal allegations that it knowingly submitted false claims for medically unnecessary cranial ultrasounds.

2. Springfield (Mass.) Anesthesia Service will close Dec. 31, laying off 91 employees. Springfield-based Baysate Health has offered jobs to all staff affected by the closure, and 90% have accepted.

Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente is a massive player in the healthcare industry and continues to make significant plays in the ASC space, marked by increasingly large deals to expand their ...

Physicians are increasingly concerned about independent practice viability amid another 2.83% cut by CMS. "It's nothing new. We face these challenges every year," Nolan Lubarski, CEO of the Center for ...