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Anesthesiologists have the highest intent to leave their roles out of all physician specialists, with 40.6% expressing interest in leaving their current jobs within the next two years, according to a June 24 report from the American Medical Association.  The…

Here are the supply chain updates ASC leaders need to know this week.

With a growing number of tattoo artists offering pain management — including topical anesthetics — for lengthy sessions, the American Society of Anesthesiologists has issued guidelines for these procedures.  The ASA urges patients to use caution when receiving an anesthetic…

On June 17, Brentwood, Tenn.-based Surgery Partners, one of the country’s largest ASC operators, rejected a buyout bid from Bain Capital, its largest shareholder, choosing to remain independent. Bain Capital, which already owns 39% of Surgery Partners, submitted a bid…

Ten specialties emerged as those physicians were least likely to leave, according to the American Medical Association’s “Organizational Biopsy” survey, published May 28. The national physician comparison report includes responses from nearly 18,000 physicians across more than 100 health systems…

A bill that would ban time limits on anesthesia now sits on Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s desk, WAND News reported June 23. The legislation was introduced in January by Republican state Rep. Bill Hauter, MD, in response to a proposed…

A Chesterfield, Mo.-based physician has been sentenced to five years in prison and ordered to pay $2.87 million in restitution for his role in a healthcare fraud scheme, the Justice Department announced in a June 20 news release. What happened?

Clearwater, Fla.-based BayCare Health System has named its chief ambulatory services officer, C. Todd Jones, chief strategy officer.  Mr. Jones will now hold a dual title, remaining BayCare’s chief ambulatory services officer, in which he is responsible for ensuring alignment…

GE Healthcare has issued a medical device correction for its Carestation anesthesia monitoring platform, according to a June 24 report from Mass Device. If uncorrected, the error can lead to injury or death, according to the FDA’s classification.  GE has…

Two Florida physician groups and two physicians have agreed to pay $810,301 to settle allegations that they violated the False Claims Act, the Justice Department said in a June 20 news release.  What happened?