Today's Top 20 Stories

  1. CHS to buy 10 urgent care centers: What ASCs need to know

    Patsy Newitt -
    Tucson, Ariz.-based Northwest Urgent Care, a subsidiary of Community Health Systems, will acquire 10 urgent care centers in Arizona. 

  2. West Virginia health system's Stark law dispute in flux after Chevron ruling

    Patsy Newitt -
    A district court has ruled that a false claims lawsuit filed against Thomas Health System cannot be resolved without parties' briefs on the U.S. Supreme Court's recent overturning of the Chevron deference, according to court documents obtained by Becker's. 

  3. 5 things looking up for physicians

    Francesca Mathewes -
    Here are five statistics showing signs of positive change for physicians:

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  1. 10 states with highest demand for physicians

    Francesca Mathewes -
    According to the American Medical Association, the U.S. could see a shortage of up to 124,000 physicians by 2034. 

  2. Physician who fled US pleads guilty to opioid crime

    Cameron Cortigiano -
    A former Charleston, W.Va., physician pleaded guilty to the unlawful distribution of oxycodone after being apprehended overseas and extradited to the U.S.

  3. ASCs vs. reimbursements: 3 updates

    Francesca Mathewes -
    Here are three updates on reimbursement issues and how they're impacting ASCs:

  4. NPs, PAs fall victim to 'quiet quitting'

    Claire Wallace -
    The trend of "quiet quitting" has swept through the U.S. workforce in the last few years, touching every industry, including healthcare. 

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  1. The looming disruptors of the GI industry

    Francesca Mathewes -
    Reimbursement declines and staffing issues could prove to be challenges to growth for gastroenterology practices. 

  2. 10 physician specialties who spend the most time on EHRs

    Patsy Newitt -
    Physicians spend an average of 5.8 hours of electronic documentation and coding for every eight hours scheduled for patient care, according to a study published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine. 

  3. AAAHC debuts updated allergy guidelines

    Claire Wallace -
    The Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care has launched new resources for improving allergy documentation within ASCs and other outpatient organizations. 

  4. 25 best places to retire in 2024: Forbes

    Claire Wallace -
    Upon reviewing more than 800 U.S. locales for everything from climate risk to crime to physician availability, Forbes has named the top 25 cities to retire in for 2024. 

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  1. Blood-based colorectal cancer tests show 88% sensitivity

    Claire Wallace -
    New data from cancer screening and diagnostic test provider Exact Sciences have shown an 88.3% sensitivity rate for its blood-based colorectal cancer screening test.

  2. Walgreens to pay $106.8M to settle false claims allegations

    Patsy Newitt -
    Walgreens has agreed to pay $106.8 million to resolve allegations it billed Medicare, Medicaid and other healthcare programs for prescriptions it never dispensed. 

  3. 4 gastroenterologist lawsuits in 2024

    Patsy Newitt -
     Here are four legal battles involving gastroenterologists that Becker's has reported on so far in 2024:

  4. What's new with Kaiser Permanente?

    Patsy Newitt -
    Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente has made several big moves in September so far, including closing a facility and building a new hospital. 

  5. New York outpatient center in the works to address growing regional demand

    Francesca Mathewes -
    An office building is being transformed into an outpatient center in Yonkers, N.Y., The Journal News reported Sept. 16

  6. Ascension St. Vincent, Birmingham Heart Clinic team up to open cardiovascular ASC

    Claire Wallace -
    Birmingham (Ala.) Heart Clinic and Ascension St. Vincent's are partnering to open a cardiovascular ASC on St. Vincent's East Hospital campus in Birmingham, according to a Sept. 15 report from the Birmingham Business Journal.

  7. Dartmouth Health center names anesthesiology department chair

    Claire Wallace -
    Dartmouth Health’s Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H., and the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth have named Sheila Ryan Barnett, MD, as chair of the department of anesthesiology.

  8. Ascension cardiologist dies at 48

    Claire Wallace -
    Nicholas Skiadas, MD, a cardiologist at Ascension St. Vincent's Riverside Hospital in Jacksonville, Fla., has died at 48, according to a Sept. 13 obituary published on Jacksonville.com.

  9. Payer deadlocks put pressure on ASC growth

    Francesca Mathewes -
    ASC leaders and physicians continuously vent their frustrations over stalled negotiations with payers, as facilities face declining reimbursement from CMS and private payers alike. 

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