Author: Francesca Mathewes

Irving, Texas-based NorthStar Anesthesia has partnered with Pocatello, Idaho-based Skyline Surgery Center. 

The state Board of Registration in Medicine has taken disciplinary action against the medical license of a plastic surgeon following a mistake during a procedure, The Berkshire Eagle reported Jan. 26. 

Many physicians and practices say prior authorization is a major administrative burden and have urged lawmakers to institute reforms to the process for commercial and public payers.

A Jan. 26 report published in Forbes examines two new studies regarding how financial incentives affect surgeons' real-time decision-making. 

Here are five hospitals and health systems laying off employees since Jan. 1, as reported by Becker's:

City leaders in Gautier, Miss., have broken ground on a cardiac surgery center in WLOX reported Jan. 25. 

A former hospice physician has alleged wrongful termination and retaliation against San Francisco-based Sutter Visiting Nurse Association and Hospice Sutter Care at Home, the Northern California Record reported Jan. 23. 

Here are five ASC leaders to watch in 2025:

New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based Northwell Health will open a new cardiac catheterization lab at Lenox Health Greenwich Village, an ASC and satellite emergency department in New York City. 

Charles Shoultz Jr., MD, founder of Waco (Texas) Cardiology Associates, has died at age 87 according to a Jan. 24 report by the Waco Tribune Herald.