Author: Patsy Newitt

Here are four anesthesiologists making headlines since Aug. 9:

The HHS and Labor Department Aug. 19 issued the final rules for the No Surprises Act.

Scott Eli Harris, 52, was sentenced to six months in federal prison and three years of supervised release after sending a threatening message to a Baltimore, Md.-based physician who advocated for the COVID-19 vaccine, the U.S. Justice Department said Aug.…

Hackers who have stolen data from Allen, Texas-based Methodist Allen Surgical Center, Mckinney, Texas-based Methodist Craig Ranch Surgical Center and Methodist McKinney Hospital have threatened to post patient data on the dark web. 

Kelsey-Seybold is adding an ASC at the Sugar Land, Texas-based Fort Bend Medical and Diagnostic Center, Community Impact reported Aug. 24. 

Orange County, N.Y.-based Garnet Health is closing four physician practices and laying off 29 employees, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification filed with the state of New York.

Here are five updates from medical device giant Medtronic since May 13:

In Medscape's 2022 "Physicians Behaving Badly" report, released Aug. 19, physicians laid out the worst behavior they have witnessed from colleagues. 

Physician staffing firm Envision Healthcare, parent company of ASC company AmSurg, had its revenue fall again in the second quarter of this year, Bloomberg reported Aug. 23. 

The trend toward value-based care models in recent years has been followed by a push for quality performance metrics.