Author: Francesca Mathewes

In November 2024, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield floated a policy that would have placed time limits on procedures using anesthesia in Missouri, New York and Connecticut. Following feedback from patients, physicians and industry groups, Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield…

A Florida physician has been charged with felony possession of fentanyl after allegedly extracting it from a patient’s IV line at HCA Florida Lawnwood Hospital in Fort Pierce, West Palm CW 34 reported June 25.  According to the report, Sasha…

Winchester, Va.-based Valley Health has opened a new cardiac and vascular diagnostic center. The new center, a department of Winchester Medical Center, will provide echocardiography, stress testing and vascular studies in a singular dedicated location, according to a June 24…

Ten specialties emerged as those physicians were least likely to leave, according to the American Medical Association’s “Organizational Biopsy” survey, published May 28. The national physician comparison report includes responses from nearly 18,000 physicians across more than 100 health systems…

A bill that would ban time limits on anesthesia now sits on Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s desk, WAND News reported June 23. The legislation was introduced in January by Republican state Rep. Bill Hauter, MD, in response to a proposed…

Here are six recent studies and data points on the cost and effectiveness of colonoscopies, as reported by Becker’s: 1. A study published in Gastroenterology found that despite ACA requirements mandating insurers cover colonoscopies and related services — including bowel…

Cardiology has been a growing outpatient specialty for the last several years, a shift that has also driven recent mergers and acquisitions in the ASC space. Two leaders in outpatient cardiology joined Becker’s to discuss what they believe will shape…

Here are five leadership appointments for ASC leaders and physicians to know: 1. Brown Mills, N.J.-based Deborah Heart and Lung Center named Michael Lieb as its next COO.  2. Sightview, an electronic health record and practice management partner focused on…

A surgeon and ASC owner in Ames, Iowa, and her physician husband have filed for bankruptcy, the Ames Tribune reported June 20. Lindsay Sturm, DO, the former lead surgeon at the center, also surrendered her medical license after being accused…

In early June, Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek signed a bill enacting the strictest regulatory regime on private equity and corporate control of medical practices in the nation. Here’s nine notes on how the new law will impact physicians:  1. The…