Frontive, a procedural management platform, and LainaHealth, a virtual medical practice, have partnered to integrate virtual physical therapy and patient-reported outcome measure collection into a platform for health systems, ambulatory surgery centers and surgical practices. The partnership will make LainaHealth’s…
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New York State Sen. Jim Tedisco has asked Gov. Kathy Hochul to issue an executive order, call the Legislature back for an emergency session, or both, to protect cardiology patients at Schenectady, N.Y.-based Ellis Medicine. Mr. Tedisco, R-C-Glenville, first raised…
Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles has launched the Center for Autonomous Robotic Surgery, bringing together surgeons and engineers together to build surgical robots that can perform some tasks on their own while working alongside surgeons in the operating room. The health…
U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-N.J., introduced legislation Oct. 8 that would eliminate the No Surprises Act’s arbitration process for most out-of-network payment disputes starting in 2028. Mr. Pallone, one of the 2020 law’s original authors, said the bill, titled…
Rochester, Minn., has the highest concentration of surgeons in the U.S., according to the American College of Surgeons’ new Surgical Workforce Mapping Tool and a companion study in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons. ACS unveiled the free…
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Neurosurgery leads all physician specialties with a median base salary of $790,000 in 2026, according to an Oct. 9 American Medical Association article on contract data from Resolve, a physician contract review and negotiation firm. Resolve’s 2026 physician salary and…
The American Society of Anesthesiologists, American College of Emergency Physicians and American College of Radiology oppose the Lower Premiums, Faster Payments Act, according to an AASA news release shared with Becker’s Oct. 9. The bill would eliminate the No Surprises…
Just 10% of the physician and advanced practitioner search engagements AMN Healthcare conducted took place in communities of 100,000 or more, down from 70% a year earlier, according to a Sept. 16 white paper from the healthcare staffing firm. The…
The operative note is the one document in an ASC that the clinical and business sides both depend on. Coders build the claim from it, and when a payer or surveyor comes asking questions, it’s generally one of the first…
Physician pay has climbed steadily in recent years amid specialty shortages and a competitive recruiting market. Medscape’s 2026 Physician Wealth and Debt Report, which surveyed 5,916 physicians across more than 29 specialties between Sept. 5 and Dec. 17, found that…