Patsy Newitt

Here are three anesthesiologist or anesthesia-related stories Becker's has covered in the last week:

Internal medicine hospitals saw the highest increase in pay in 2023 compared to last year, according to Sullivan Cotter's 2022-23 Physician Compensation and Productivity Report. 

CMS settled a record number of 104 Stark law self disclosures in 2022, totaling more than $9.2 million, according to a Sept. 18 JDSupra report from law firm McGuireWoods. 

Asheville, N.C.-based GenesisCare Surgical Specialists will close after its private equity-backed management company GenesisCare filed for bankruptcy, Citizen Times reported Sept. 21. 

New York-based physician Arun Arora, MD, will pay $1.3 million to settle claims he violated the False Claims Act. 

Healthgrades has ranked the top 100 hospitals for orthopedic surgery in 2023, including 3 hospitals in Minnesota:

CMS recently passed a Stark law update that will allow hospitals and healthcare providers to improve mental health services for physicians.

Here are three ASCs who have faced opposition so far in 2023: 

Medical staffing company American Physician Partners has voluntarily filed for Chapter 11 protection under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. 

Dallas-based United Surgical Partners International, Tenet Healthcare's surgery center arm, is the largest ASC chain in the country.