Author: Patsy Newitt

Fifty-six percent of employed physicians' least favorite part about their job is less autonomy, according to Medscape's "Employed Physicians Report 2023."

Employed physicians' attitudes about their autonomy have remained consistent over the last decade, according to Medscape's "Employed Physicians Report 2023."

Maryland has the highest number of ASCs per capita, according to data compiled by Becker's based on 2020 census data and the number of ASCs from the ASCA Association. 

 Here are three health system and payers splits since May: 

Here are three states that have updated their policies for certified registered nurse anesthetists in 2023, according to the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology:

Becker's asked 37 C-suite executives from hospitals and health systems across the country to discuss their outpatient strategy.

Miami-based Bayside Ambulatory Surgery Center is the largest individual ASC or individual ASC company by number of operating rooms, according to an Aug. 18 report from Definitive Healthcare. 

Physician groups who provide certain medical equipment, devices and supplies to their Medicare patients could be in violation of Stark law following the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency, attorneys from law firm Epstein Becker & Green wrote in…

Former respiratory therapist Jennifer Hall was sentenced for her role in the deaths of two Missouri hospital patients in the early 2000s, CBS affiliate KCTV reported Aug. 19.  

Former Columbia, S.C.-based family medicine physician James Williams, MD, has been sentenced to federal prison for unlawfully prescribing pills.