In some states, ASCs are ending contracts with physician anesthesia groups and hiring groups made up only of certified registered nurse anesthetists to balance costs. Some anesthesia leaders say ...

Ophthalmologist J. Hunter Aultman, MD, plans to open an eye practice in Vicksburg, Miss., before year-end, the Vicksburg Post reported. The practice will operate in a building now under renovation. Dr ...

CMS’ proposed 2027 outpatient and ambulatory surgery center payment rule drew 2,180 public comments, and 340B dominated them. About 1,000 submissions weighed in on a proposal to cut Medicare payment ...

New Brunswick, N.J.-based St. Peter’s Healthcare System’s Oct. 14 lawsuit against West Orange, N.J.-based RWJBarnabas Health and former board member Maureen Cernadas, MD, is about one OB-GYN group in ...

The leaders on this list run everything from a single cardiology center in rural New Mexico to a network of more than 370 sites. They’re working through the questions shaping outpatient surgery in ...

Care New England Medical Group, part of Providence, R.I.-based Care New England, opened a 45,000-square-foot ambulatory care center in East Greenwich, R.I. It dedicated the center ...

Obstetrics and trauma were the anesthesia subspecialties that interested student nurse anesthetists most in a recent survey from U.S. Anesthesia Partners, a physician-owned anesthesia practice. The ...

Five physicians are among 15 defendants charged in a Los Angeles healthcare fraud takedown involving $2 billion in alleged fraudulent claims, according to an Oct. 22 news release from the U.S.

The California Association of Nurse Anesthesiology has sued the California Department of Public Health and the Office of Administrative Law. The suit alleges that state regulations improperly bar ...

Patrick McEneaney, DPM, always planned to own a practice. He didn’t plan on doing it five years out of residency. Dr. McEneaney was working for a practice when its owner gave him a choice: buy it, or ...

Some Medicare beneficiaries in Ohio waited months for care under CMS’ Wasteful and Inappropriate Services Reduction model, an AI-driven prior authorization pilot, the Columbus Dispatch reported Oct.

Hatboro, Pa.-based William A. Horn, MD & Associates has been acquired by Dermatology Partners, a physician-led dermatology group serving the Mid-Atlantic region, according to an Oct. 23 news release ...