Healthcare affordability is emerging as one of the defining anxieties heading into the 2026 midterms, as rising premiums, ballooning deductibles and even upfront payment demands reshape how voters think about their coverage. For a wave of Democratic physicians and nurses…
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Robotics may dominate the conversation in orthopedic surgery right now, but the technology’s actual footprint in ambulatory surgery centers doesn’t match the hype, according to R. Michael Meneghini, MD, founder and CEO of Indiana Orthopaedic Institute in Noblesville, Ind. Dr.…
The Iowa Clinic has relocated its plastic surgery and oculofacial plastic and reconstructive surgery departments to a new facility in West Des Moines, Iowa, Midwest Medical Edition reported Sept. 18. The West Des Moines, Iowa-based health system began seeing patients…
Every ASC operator has a story about the mistake that taught them the most — the payer relationship they took for granted, the contractor they should have vetted more thoroughly, the hire they didn’t make fast enough. Becker’s connected with…
Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare is seeing softer elective surgery volumes as patients lose coverage through the health insurance exchanges, with broader affordability pressures potentially contributing to the slowdown, CFO Mike Marks said Sept. 15 at the Jefferies Healthcare Services and…
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Physician compensation continues to climb faster than productivity, according to a new report from consulting firm SullivanCotter. The firm’s “2026 Physician Compensation and Productivity Survey,” found that median total cash compensation rose year over year across all major specialties even…
From new health system deals to a bigger pharmacy delivery network, Amazon has kept expanding its healthcare footprint through 2026. Here’s what’s new, and how it fits the bigger pattern. New health system partnership: Baptist Health South Florida and Amazon…
Physician and provider search volume did not change much in 2025 compared to the previous year, according to a new report from the Association for Advancing Physician and Provider Recruitment. The 2026 edition of the AAPPR’s “Physician and Provider Recruitment…
from a possible physician-equivalent payment rate to a live claims-review pilot and new funding for autonomous care models, federal officials are moving on several fronts at once to define how Medicare pays for AI in clinical care. Here are four…
Legal appeals between competing North Carolina health systems have stalled more than 1,100 approved acute care beds statewide since 2020, according to a Sept. 14 Carolina Public Press analysis. The report “examines how certificate-of-need disputes between competing health systems have…