Author: Francesca Mathewes

Amid mounting reimbursement pressures and rising operational costs, ASC leaders are looking to models for managing anesthesia costs and staffing that will sustain them into the future.  Peter Bravos, MD, chief medical officer of Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health’s surgery center…

A man has been accused of threatening to shoot an ASC in Nashville, Tenn., causing the center to close temporarily, WSMV 4 reported Sept. 18.  Police told the publication that Emil Jawad, a 37-year-old man, called the Tristar Cardiovascular Surgery…

The American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology has filed an appeal in a ruling that dismissed claims of payers unlawfully paying CRNAs less than physician anesthesiologists for providing the same services. The initial complaint was filed against HHS in September 2024,…

Private equity’s presence in anesthesia has been the subject of several recent lawsuits and studies on healthcare costs as the specialty becomes increasingly consolidated.  Here are eight notes private equity group’s recent moves in anesthesia: 1. A study published in…

In-house CT-scanners are hard to come by in outpatient cardiology offices, despite their known effectiveness and accuracy in identifying early stages of heart disease.  A recent wave of cardiologists are looking to change that. Alberto Morales, MD, founder of South…

There have been several moves by state governments in the last year to restrict noncompete agreements in physicians’ employment contracts, according to a Sept. 16 report by the American Medical Association. This legislative trend runs parallel to the decline of…

A bill that would strengthen California’s ban on the corporate practice of medicine and address the growing influence of private equity in healthcare has passed out of the state’s legislature and is headed to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk for final…

A new survey found that 55% of healthcare workers plan to look for a  job in the next year, adding pressure to ongoing workforce shortages in the field. The survey, conducted by The Harris Poll and commissioned by Strategic Education,…

The Ambulatory Surgical Center Association has submitted its comments in response to CMS’ proposed payment rules for 2026. Here are five points outlined by the ASCA in its comments, according to a Sept. 15 news release shared with Becker’s: 1.…

A study recently published by JAMA Surgery found that surgeons face a significantly higher mortality risk than other physicians. The study examined U.S. death certificate records from the 2023 National Vital Statistics System for adults aged 25-74. The records included…