Author: Patsy Newitt

Massachusetts and Wisconsin have seen the most hospital closures of any state in 2024 thus far. 

Advanced practice registered nurses who work on the Pacific Coast, including Alaska or Hawaii, receive the highest average annual compensation, according to Medscape's 2024 APRN compensation report published Nov. 14. 

Healthcare giant Optum, the parent company of ASC chain SCA Health, has grown rapidly in recent years and shows no signs of slowing down.

Two more physicians have been convicted for their roles in a nationwide telemedicine fraud scheme involving medically unnecessary orthotic braces and genetic testing.

The U.S. is projected to face a shortage of 1,630 gastroenterologists by 2025, according to a 2024 white paper from Medicus.

Physicians employed in hospital-owned practices are nearly three times more likely to report dissatisfaction than their peers in physician-owned practices, according to Bain & Company’s Frontline of Healthcare Survey, featured in an October blog post.

Falls Church, Va.-based Inova Health System agreed to pay $2.37 million to settle allegations it submitted improperly modified claims to Medicaid.  

Pharmaceutical company QOL Medical and its CEO Frederick Cooper have agreed to pay $47 million to settle allegations they offered kickbacks to promote claims for a QOL drug.

A physician in East Setauket, N.Y., has pleaded guilty to accepting kickbacks for ordering medically unnecessary brain scans.

Here are six anesthesiologists who have made headlines in the last month: