A White House Office of Management and Budget proposed rule that would require senior political appointees to approve every discretionary federal research grant is drawing sharp opposition from gastroenterology and biomedical research organizations, according to a recent alert from the…
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Heather Levites, MD, took what she calls “a long road” to plastic surgery. It ran through MIT, Citi Smith Barney and Duke University before landing her in Raleigh, N.C., where she now runs Levity Lifts, a cash-pay cosmetic surgery practice…
The states at the bottom of WalletHub’s 2026 healthcare ranking share a consistent profile: access gaps, high chronic disease burdens and outcomes failures that persist even when costs are relatively affordable. Eight of the bottom 10 are in the South.…
Less than two months after Ascension closed its $3.9 billion acquisition of Amsurg, the combined platform is already expanding its GI footprint by adding five endoscopy centers in North Carolina that bring 15 gastroenterologists and hepatologists into the network. Nashville,…
New Hampshire tops the nation for healthcare quality and affordability, while Alaska ranks last, according to WalletHub’s 2026 analysis of all 50 states and the District of Columbia across 44 measures of cost, access and outcomes. The states at the…
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CMS released its proposed CY 2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule July 14, setting up another cycle of physician pay cuts at the same time the companion CY 2027 OPPS/ASC proposed rule moves facility payment rates in the opposite direction. The…
The FDA has approved SimpleScreen CRC, a blood-based colorectal cancer screening test developed by Brisbane, Calif.-based Freenome, on July 27, according to a July 27 news release. This is the second blood test cleared for average-risk CRC screening and the…
Fort Myers, Fla.-based NeoGenomics Laboratories agreed to pay $9.8 million to resolve allegations that it violated the Anti-Kickback Statute and Stark law through two separate arrangements involving referring physicians and independent consultants, according to a settlement agreement signed July 20,…
Portland-based Oath Surgical has completed the first robotic prostatectomy performed at an outpatient surgery center in the U.S. Pacific Northwest, according to a July 21 news release. The procedure was performed at Oath’s Beaverton, Ore. surgery center by David Jiang,…
Dallas-based United Surgical Partners International, Tenet Healthcare’s ASC arm, reported $1.39 billion in net operating revenues for the second quarter of 2026, a 9.3% increase from $1.27 billion in the second quarter of 2025, according to Tenet’s earnings release published…