George Paletta, MD, who spent about 20 years as the St. Louis Cardinals’ team physician, is suing Chesterfield, Mo.-based Mercy over $182,500 in unpaid compensation, according to the St. Louis ...

Less than two months after Ascension closed its $3.9 billion acquisition of Amsurg, the combined platform is already expanding its GI footprint by adding five endoscopy centers in North Carolina that ...

Sanjiv Kaul, MD, a longtime cardiologist and former director of Portland-based Oregon Health & Science University’s Knight Cardiovascular Institute, alleges the university illegally cut his pay and ...

CMS released its proposed CY 2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule July 14, setting up another cycle of physician pay cuts at the same time the companion CY 2027 OPPS/ASC proposed rule moves facility ...

Specialty care access is growing more strained across the U.S. — and nowhere is that more visible than in rural America, where a shrinking physician workforce, hospital closures and transportation ...

Prior authorization has been consistently identified by clinicians and administrators alike as a significant burden to surgical care and ASC workflows. Ninety-three percent of physicians reported that ...

Advances in minimally invasive techniques, robotic technology, motion-preserving procedures and complex spinal reconstruction are transforming spine care. Across the country, orthopedic spine surgeons ...

Spine and orthopedic malpractice cases produced jury awards and settlements ranging from $750,000 to $27 million over the past year. Here are three cases Becker’s reported on, ordered by amount.

When Premier Outpatient Surgery Center outgrew its original facility in Colton, Calif., President Ben Childers, MD, and his partners faced a predicament familiar to independent practices nationwide as ...

The Cardiovascular Institute of Northwest Florida has expanded its ASC in Panama City, Fla., adding new heart and vascular procedures that let patients return home the same day. The center opened in ...

Brentwood, Tenn.-based Surgery Partners has signed a definitive agreement to sell its ownership interests in two hospitals to Salt Lake City-based Intermountain Health for about $1.15 billion. ...

The FDA has approved SimpleScreen CRC, a blood-based colorectal cancer screening test developed by Brisbane, Calif.-based Freenome, on July 27, according to a July 27 news release. This is the second ...