A fired Indiana physician is suing her former employer, Lebanon, Ind.-based Witham Memorial Hospital, alleging she was illegally discriminated against after becoming ill due to dangerous office conditions, the Indianapolis Business Journal reported July 25.
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In the next five years, ASCs will be pushed towards value-based contracts to keep procedure costs low, according to Andy Poole, manager of ASC business solutions at the Emergency Care Research Institute in Plymouth Meeting, Va.
Grand Rapids, Mich.-based David Sova, DO, has entered a settlement agreement with a federal court to never prescribe controlled substances, the U.S. Justice Department said July 25.
A former nurse who worked at four Virginia healthcare facilities, including Stony Point Surgery Center in Richmond, on July 25 pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining various controlled substances.
The average physician signing bonus jumped 4.5 percent in the last year, according to Merritt Hawkins and AMN Healthcare's 2022 "Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting Incentives."
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An ENT is suing Houston Methodist Hospital for $25 million, alleging the hospital defamed her for expressing her opinion on vaccine mandates, local NBC affiliate KPRC reported July 24.
The Practice Greenhealth Environmental Excellence Awards showcase health practices that are committing their facilities to environmentally friendly care.
United Surgical Partners International, part of Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare, reported $771 million in net operating revenues in its second quarter results on July 21.
The current capitalization rate, paired with income potential, has created a market primed for ASC investment, according to Paul Doelling, director of St. Louis-based real estate advisory firm Mohr Partners.
Physicians generate an average $2.4 million annually for their hospitals, according to Merritt Hawkins and AMN Healthcare's 2022 "Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting Incentives."