Two CMS policy changes — a 2.5% efficiency adjustment to work RVUs for non-time-based services and a revision to the practice expense methodology — will cut payments to gastroenterologists for ASC and ...

The American College of Surgeons is urging lawmakers to address instability in Medicare physician payment as the House Energy and Commerce Committee met May 20 to examine physician payment reform. The ...

Tulsa-based Oklahoma Heart Institute became the first facility in the U.S. to use the Supira percutaneous left ventricular assist device as part of the SUPPORT II research trial. The SUPPORT II trial ...

GI Partners of Illinois, the largest independent physician-led gastroenterology group in the state, has announced a strategic partnership with Nexus Healthcare Management to launch an AI-driven ...

An Illinois physician who was previously named in a federal civil complaint has agreed to pay $62,500 to resolve False Claims Act allegations of signing orders for medically unnecessary orthotic ...

Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen signed legislation April 14 prohibiting noncompete agreements for healthcare staffing agencies and establishing new registration requirements for the industry. The Health ...

Byron Cryer, MD, began his term May 20 as the 121st president of the American Gastroenterological Association Institute. Dr. Cryer serves as chair of internal medicine at Dallas-based Baylor ...

Fort Worth, Texas-based Radiology Associates of North Texas projected more than $51 million in avoidable administrative costs tied to current No Surprises Act arbitration batching rules and unpaid ...

St. Louis-based Esse Health, an independent physician group with 45 locations, has agreed to pay $2.53 million to settle a class-action lawsuit stemming from a 2025 data breach, according to a May 19 ...

The Louisiana State Legislature has passed a bill ensuring certified registered nurse anesthetists are reimbursed by insurers for anesthesia services they are licensed to provide, sending the measure ...

Two Massachusetts clinics and their physician founder have agreed to pay $1.4 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations of fraudulently billing government health insurance programs for services ...

A nurse in Progress, Pa., alleges that she was fired from her position at Hershey, Pa.-based Penn State Health after reporting a medical assistant who was illegally making treatment decisions for ...