Eight states have no anesthesiology residency programs, and the states where residents are trained are not always where they end up practicing, a gap that is widening as rural ASCs and hospitals ...

The cost pressures bearing down on ASCs are not uniform. What is squeezing a GI center is different from what is compressing an orthopedic program or a cardiology ASC, and the mix of pressures matters ...

Franklin, Tenn.-based U.S. Heart and Vascular has expanded its network in Georgia with two new partnerships. The organization partnered with Cardiovascular Clinic of North Georgia, based in ...

A Frederick, Md. oncology practice and its physician owner have agreed to pay $1.45 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations of billing Medicare, Medicaid and the VA for chemotherapy drugs that ...

The University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center has named Marcoandrea Giorgi, MD, chief of its division of gastrointestinal and bariatric surgery, effective Nov. 1, 2026. Dr. Giorgi joined the ...

CMS proposed a rule July 2 that would revise Medicare payment rates for HOPDs and ASCs starting in 2027. Here are five things ASC leaders need to know. 1. More surgeries will shift to ASCs. The rule ...

Madison, Ga.-based Morgan Medical Center has launched a new cardiology service line led by board-certified cardiologist John Layher, MD. The 25-bed critical access hospital, a level 4 trauma center ...

The No Surprises Act, passed in 2020 and implemented in 2022, was designed to protect patients from unexpected out-of-network bills. But embedded in it is a federal independent dispute resolution ...

Charlotte Eye Ear Nose & Throat Associates has acquired Piedmont Ear, Nose & Throat Associates, a Winston-Salem-based ENT group with five locations across the Triad region of North Carolina, The ...

Rapid City, S.D.-based Monument Health will lease the Gillette, Wyo., clinic and equipment formerly operated by Hoskinson Health & Wellness Clinic, the health system announced July 1 in a news release ...

Gastroenterology is simultaneously one of the highest-paid and most financially frustrated specialties in medicine. Pay has climbed 47% over the last decade but fallen below 2015 levels in ...