Author: Patsy Newitt

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. 

As more physicians moved to employed models, many leaders feel noncompetes are no longer compatible with the physician workforce. 

In its Medicare Physician Fee Schedule proposed rule, CMS is floating several coding changes that anesthesia leaders should know, according to an Aug. 7 blog post from Rita Astani, president of anesthesia for Coronis Health. 

Healthgrades ranked the top hospitals for outpatient joint replacements in 2023, including three in Massachusetts. 

Here are four hospitals closing departments or ending services since Aug. 1: