For many hospitals, anesthesia has historically been viewed through a simple lens: maintain coverage, fill the schedule and keep the operating rooms running. That approach may have been sufficient in ...

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 ...

Physicians and practices win most No Surprises Act payment disputes. Collecting on those wins is another matter. Two federal appeals courts have now ruled that providers cannot sue insurers to enforce ...

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 ...

Physicians from both parties are on the Nov. 3 ballot for the House, the Senate and statehouses, and many are running on the same issue: what care costs and who can still get it. The outcome will ...

Philadelphia-based Thomas Jefferson University is set to acquire Pottstown (Pa.) Medical Specialists, a 48-year-old physician-owned group, after the group canceled its bankruptcy auction and named ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...