New Hampshire was ranked as the best state for healthcare in 2025, according to personal finance website WalletHub. The publication compared all 50 states and Washington, D.C., through 44 metrics across three main categories: healthcare cost, access and outcomes. Each…
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Workforce shortages have become one of the biggest challenges facing the healthcare industry, and many ASCs have felt the effects. Here are five stories covered by Becker’s in recent years highlighting how staffing shortages have affected ASCs and physician practices.…
Scottsdale, Ariz.-based East Valley Urology has completed the first three prostate cancer procedures in PROCEPT BioRobotics’ FDA-approved WATER IV trial using Aquablation therapy. The outpatient procedures, performed by Rahul Mehan, MD, were completed without complications and with same-day discharge, according…
Suncoast Credit Union Foundation has pledged $500,000 to support the construction and outfitting of the Golisano Children’s Hospital Surgery Center in Fort Myers, Fla. The five-year commitment aims to build the first outpatient surgery center for children in southwest Florida.…
Mohd Malik, MD, a St. Louis-based psychiatrist who is part owner of Behavioral Health Services, which operated Psych Care Consultants in St. Louis, will pay $501,556 to settle allegations that he submitted false claims to Medicare and Missouri Medicaid from…
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A ransomware attack forced the permanent closure of Alpha Wellness and Alpha Medical Centre, a physician practice based in Alpharetta, Ga., on April 18, The HIPAA Journal reported July 21. What happened? “We are deeply saddened to share that Alpha…
Rapid City, S.D.-based Same Day Surgery Center is introducing the first da Vinci 5 robotic surgery program to western South Dakota, expanding access to minimally invasive procedures, according to a July 8 news report from keloland.com. The new robotic system…
Patients are less trusting of physicians who use AI, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open July 17. For the study, which took place in January, researchers created a sample of 1,276 U.S. adults based on the 2021…
A Las Vegas nurse practitioner has pleaded guilty to participating in a healthcare fraud scheme involving medically unnecessary amniotic wound allografts in exchange for kickbacks, according to a July 16 news release from the Justice Department. What happened?
Here are four cases involving alleged Stark law violations Becker’s has reported on in 2025: 1. Buffalo, N.Y.-based Catholic Health System agreed to pay more than $3.29 million to settle allegations that it submitted false Medicare claims in violation of…