As private equity-backed anesthesia companies expand and large groups secure more hospital and ASC contracts, independent practices face growing pressure. Many are pushing back with strategies designed to protect autonomy, strengthen negotiating power and preserve their role in the market.…
Author: Sophie Eydis
The Decatur (Ill.) Memorial Hospital Nurse Anesthesia Program has marked its 60th anniversary. Founded in 1955 by a group of local anesthesiologists, the program has trained more than 500 CRNAs who have gone on to serve patients across Central Illinois…
Miami-based Nicklaus Children’s Heart Institute is now performing bedside transcatheter patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) closures for newborns. The minimally invasive procedure is done directly in the neonatal intensive care unit, allowing medically fragile infants to remain in their own isolette…
The lifetime risk of heart failure in the U.S. has climbed to 24% — about 1 in 4 people, according to the Heart Failure Society of America’s “HF Stats 2025: Heart Failure Epidemiology and Outcomes Statistics” report. Moreover, estimates project…
Healthcare real estate company Montecito Medical has purchased a 23,000-square-foot medical office building in Midland, Texas. The property is fully occupied and includes Midland Ambulatory Surgery Center and Midland Imaging Center, the city’s only freestanding imaging facility, according to a…
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ASCs are already feeling the strain this fall as staffing challenges deepen beyond the well-documented nursing shortage. Rising case complexity, workforce burnout and reimbursement pressures are exposing new vulnerabilities in anesthesia, robotics support and specialized perioperative care. Here are five…
Norwich, N.Y- based UHS Chenango Memorial Hospital has expanded its cardiology program with the addition of Joseph Petro, MD, and Ifrah Abdirahman, MD. Dr. Petro specializes in general cardiology, according to an Aug. 26 system news release. Dr. Abdirahman focuses…
Colorectal cancer incidence among younger adults is climbing rapidly, creating an urgent public health challenge. U.S. CRC cases in people under 50 have risen about 2% per year since 2011, and younger patients are more likely to present with aggressive,…
Pediatric gastroenterologist Justin DeVito, DO, has joined Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor. Dr. DeVito has clinical interests in inflammatory bowel disease and eosinophilic esophagitis, according to a Sept. 18 system news release. He previously served as a…
Charleston, W.Va.-based Vandalia Health has added Mina Shnoda, MD, to its cardiovascular team. Dr. Shnoda previously trained and taught at Ain Shams University in Cairo, Egypt, and completed his internal medicine residency at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh, according to…