Author: Patsy Newitt

Here are five states that have passed laws limiting noncompete agreements since Jan. 1:

California has 5,380 anesthesiologists, the most of any state, according to May 2023 data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The North Carolina attorney general's office is asking the state health department to deny HCA Healthcare's certificate-of-need application to add 26 acute care beds to its Asheville-based Mission Hospital.

Three gastroenterology or endoscopy center leaders joined Becker's to discuss what's missing in conversations with payers:

ASCs leaders across the country are frustrated with the disparity in reimbursements between ASCs and hospital outpatient departments for the same procedures. 

Nearly 1,000 surgeries have been allegedly canceled after Modesto, Calif.-based Doctors Medical Center was cited in June for immediate jeopardy by CMS, according to a July 26 letter from California Assemblymen Heath Flora and Juan Alanis obtained by Becker's. 

ASCs across the country are facing skyrocketing practice costs paired with declines in reimbursements from payers. 

Cardiology is one of the fastest-growing specialties for ASCs, and many leaders feel this growth  will only accelerate as payers, investors and physicians realize the opportunities. 

Here are seven stories involving colonoscopy or colorectal cancer treatment that Becker's as reported on since July 1:

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare saw outpatient surgery volume decline for the second consecutive quarter because of lower Medicaid and self-pay volumes, executives explained in a July 23 earnings call transcribed by Seeking Alpha.