Today's Top 20 Stories
  1. The 10 states with the lowest employee burnout rates

    Alaska had the lowest levels of employee burnout in 2024, with a burnout score of 30.04 out of 100.
  2. The 10 states with the highest employee burnout rates

    Wyoming had the highest levels of employee burnout in 2024, with a burnout score of 86.29 out of 100.
  3. 5 numbers scaring GIs in 2025

    As all physicians are heading into 2025 battling nationwide shortages and ongoing reimbursement cuts, here are five numbers that are scaring gastroenterologists right now: 
  1. Surgery Ventures, physician partners open Missouri surgery center

    Real estate development company Hammes has recently completed the Surgery Center of Lee's Summit (Mo.) on behalf of Surgery Ventures, powered by HCA Healthcare, and 16 physician partners. 
  2. Illinois multispecialty group inks $18.6M deal with imaging vendor

    Downers Grove, Ill.-based Duly Health and Care, one of the largest multispecialty groups in the Midwest, has finalized an $18.6 million deal with Visage Imaging, a radiology vendor. 
  3. Grandview Medical Center building $15M ASC

    Birmingham, Ala.-based Grandview Medical Center has begun construction on a $15 million urology surgery center, according to a Jan. 7 report from the Birmingham Business Journal.
  4. Endoscopy group plans $6M New York ASC

    Buffalo, N.Y.-based Endoscopy Center of WNY plans to open a $6 million, 8,600-square-foot ASC also in Buffalo, according to a Jan. 8 report from Buffalo Business First.
  1. Who gets hurt when physician reimbursements decline?

    On Nov. 1, CMS finalized a 2.83% physician pay cut for its 2025 Medicare hospital outpatient prospective payment system and ASC payment system, marking the fifth consecutive year of cuts to physician reimbursements. 
  2. 5 recent moves by the 5 biggest GI chains

    Gastro Health, GI Alliance, PE GI Solutions, One GI and United Digestive are five of the largest gastroenterology megagroups in the country.
  3. Southwest Medical Center strikes anesthesia partnership with Sound Physicians

    Liberal, Kan.-based Southwest Medical Center has partnered with multi-specialty medical group Sound Physicians to provide comprehensive anesthesia coverage, according to a Jan. 7 report from KSCB News.
  4. 5 GI devices to know

    Here are five GI devices to keep an eye on that Becker's reported on in 2024:
  1. Biden signs law to include optometrists in physician pay scale

    President Joe Biden has signed into law a bill adding optometry to the physician pay scale as part of the Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act.
  2. 5 issues shaping anesthesia in 2025

    Here are five issues anesthesia providers are watching as we begin 2025:
  3. Former Optum Health East, SCA CEO to lead US Radiology Specialists

    Caitlin Zulla, who previously led Optum Health East and SCA Health, was named CEO of US Radiology Specialists, according to a Jan. 7 news release. 
  4. Former Rocky Mountain Eye Center physician opens Colorado eye clinic

    Cory Smith, MD, formerly employed by Pueblo, Colo.-based Rocky Mountain Eye Center, has opened his own clinic, also in Pueblo, KOAA News 5 reported Jan. 6. 
  5. Dr. Shaina Kumar joins OCLI Vision

    Garden City, N.Y.-based OCLI VIsion has added Shaina Kumar, MD, to its ophthalmology staff.
  6. Physician, co-founder of Doctors Without Borders dies at 86

    Louis Schittly, MD, a French physician who helped found Doctors Without Borders, has died at age 86, according to a Jan. 7 obituary published by The Washington Post. He died in Mullhouse, France on Jan. 1. 
  7. Advocate opens new ASC, cardiovascular center in Chicago suburb

    Downers Grove, Ill.-based Advocate Health Care opened a new outpatient center in Hoffman Estates, Ill., the Daily Herald reported Jan. 6. 
  8. Fire breaks out at Louisiana medical office building

    The New Orleans Fire Department responded to a fire at a Touro Hospital medical office building Jan. 6, according to a report from NBC affiliate WDSU.
  9. Connecticut ASC postpones surgeries after car damages building

    Surgeries at an ASC in Waterbury, Conn., have been postponed following a car crashed into the building Jan. 5, according to a Jan. 6 report from the Republican American.

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