A federal jury convicted Sophie Dufort, 57, of Gainesville, Fla., for her role in an $8.6 million Medicare fraud scheme involving medically unnecessary orthotic braces, the Justice Department said Oct ...

California has seven hospitals on Healthgrades’ list of America’s 50 Best Hospitals for Outpatient Joint Replacement, the most of any state. Maryland and New Jersey follow with four each, while ...

Springfield, Mass.-based Baystate Health has named Jesse Saliga, MD, chief of anesthesia at the future Baystate Mercy Hospital, according to a news release shared with Becker’s Oct. 28. The ...

Maine became the latest state to exempt most ASCs from certificate-of-need review in 2026, one of nine states that changed CON rules this year. Tennessee will stop requiring CON for new ASCs Dec. 1, ...

For most of 2026, the read on the expiration of enhanced ACA premium tax credits has been that hospitals take the hit while ASCs, with their commercial- and Medicare-heavy payer mix, stay insulated.

California has seven hospitals on Healthgrades’ list of America’s 50 Best Hospitals for Outpatient Prostate Care, the most of any state. Florida and Texas follow with five each, and New York has four.

Naperville, Ill.-based Fox Valley Imaging has been acquired by Downers Grove, Ill.-based Duly Health and Care, according to an Oct. 27 news release. The independent imaging center has served ...

As more patients flood King of Prussia, Pa.-based Universal Health Services’ acute care hospitals, fewer are heading to the operating room. Same-facility surgeries decreased 0.7% compared with the ...

After a decade of private equity deals and practice consolidation, orthopedic surgeons at an Illinois ASC say younger surgeons are becoming more skeptical of giving up control of their practices. “It ...

Sound Anesthesia, the anesthesia division of Sound Physicians, named Emil Engels, MD, as chief physician officer on Oct. 28, 2026. The new role pairs physician and CRNA leadership at the top of the ...

Eighteen states now ban or effectively void physician noncompetes, and three of them acted in 2026: Maine, Utah and Virginia. Washington will join them June 30, 2027, when it voids all noncompetes.

Median physician pay per work relative value unit ranges from $41.28 to $90 depending on specialty, according to an Oct. 21 report from Marit. Marit analyzed 4,456 salary reports on its platform that ...