Today's Top 20 Stories
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Physician to pay $95K to resolve fraud allegations
A physician in Philadelphia will pay $95,000 to resolve allegations he ordered medically unnecessary genetic testing for Medicare beneficiaries. -
Sanford Health offers AI-assisted colonoscopies
A Sanford Health location in Fargo, N.D., has added Medtronic's GI Genius for artificial intelligence-assisted colonoscopies, Valley News Live reported March 11. -
New York ASC to expand facility
The Retinal Ambulatory Surgery Center of New York in New York City will expand its facility with the addition of two new operating rooms.
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'The model is a disaster': Why anesthesia reimbursements aren't working
William Joseph Martin, DO, who is employed by NorthStar Anesthesia as the medical director of anesthesiology at Elkin, N.C.-based Hugh Chatham Health, joined Becker's to discuss why the anesthesia reimbursement model is broken. -
Northern Arizona Healthcare to build new ASC
Northern Arizona Healthcare is building an outpatient surgery in Flagstaff, Ariz., the health system said March 11. -
Private equity activity is slowing: What ASCs need to know
Private equity's presence in healthcare is changing, and ASCs can benefit from knowing how the financial players operate. -
9 things to know about endoscopic spine surgery and ASCs
As spine surgery continues to shift to the outpatient setting, here are 9 things to know about endoscopic spine surgery and ASCs:
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Healthcare cut 3,805 jobs in February
U.S.-based employers cut 84,638 jobs in February — 3,805 of which were in the healthcare industry, according to a March 7 report from job market research firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas. -
5 things worrying ASC leaders
Twenty-five ASC leaders recently joined Becker's to discuss the trends they are monitoring in 2024. -
Why 2 medical clinics closed
Healthcare organizations continue to grapple with operational and staffing challenges, which can make it difficult to operate efficiently. -
How cardiologists are navigating work-life balance in 2024
Fifty-three percent of cardiologists would be willing to take a pay cut in order to achieve better work-life balance, according to Medscape's "Cardiologist Lifestyle & Happiness Report 2024: The Ongoing Struggle for Balance" report published March 8.
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6K-square-foot Texas medical office sells
A 5,883-square-foot medical office building in Allen, Texas, a suburb of Dallas, has sold, according to a March 11 report from REBusiness Online. -
UAMS adds heart specialist Dr. Michael Luna
Little Rock-based University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences' department of internal medicine and cardiovascular medicine has added cardiologist Michael Luna, MD, as a professor. -
AANA posts new considerations on weight loss drugs
The American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology has published new considerations for treating patients using glucagon-like peptide-1 agonists such as Ozempic, Wegovy, Saxenda or Zepbound. -
CMS to accelerate Medicare payments for physicians hit by Change cyberattack
CMS has announced a program that will accelerate payments to Medicare Part A providers and advance payments to Part B providers who were impacted by the Change Healthcare cyberattack, according to a March 9 report from the American Medical Association. -
5 gastroenterology practices to know
Here are five gastroenterology groups that have made headlines recently: -
$209M for the 5 most expensive medical office building deals in 2024
Here are the five most expensive medical office building deals Becker's has reported on since Jan. 1: -
The 3 most stressful jobs in healthcare
Surgeons have the second-most stressful job of any profession in the U.S., according to research from Dolman Law Group that looked at median salary, average work hours as well as unemployment rate and percentage of people changing jobs after the first two years. -
The rise of gastroenterology supergroups
Gastroenterology has seen massive consolidation as management service organizations and groups grow. -
10 states with the best work-life balance
Workers in Massachusetts have the best work-life balance of any state, according to a study from AI productivity platform Plus Docs based on data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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