CMS’ 2026 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and ASC Payment System Final Rule marked the largest single-year expansion of outpatient-eligible surgery since at least 2018, surpassing, in one year, the 59 procedures Becker’s tracked as added to the ASC-covered list…
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The highest-paid anesthesiologist in Kansas City, Mo., earns $896,600 per year, according to Medscape’s salary reporter tool, which is much higher than the mean annual wage of $360,570 anesthesiologists make, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Here is what…
Clearwater (Fla.) Cardiovascular Consultants, a partner practice of Cardiovascular Logistics, has partnered with Pasco Cardiology Center in Trinity, Fla. Through the partnership, Clearwater Cardiovascular Consultants will integrate Pasco Cardiology Center into its practice, providing advanced technology, data analytics and back-office…
American Vision Partners has agreed to a $1.75 million settlement over a data breach, according to court filings pending in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. Per the court-authorized settlement notice, approximately 258,070 individuals whose Social Security…
Long Beach, Calif.-based Golden State Orthopedics & Spine provided notice of a data security incident. On July 2, Golden State Orthopedics & Spine detected unusual activity within its network and engaged third-party forensic experts to investigate, according to an Aug.…
Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota and St. Cloud, Minn.-based CentraCare have partnered to expand the school’s Doctor of Nursing Practice in Nurse Anesthesiology. The two organizations launched a new location for the program in St. Cloud, Minn., creating one of…
Valley Regional Hospital, part of Lebanon, N.H.-based Dartmouth Health, opened a 25,000-square-foot outpatient facility in Claremont, N.H., Sept. 8, consolidating several outpatient service lines into a single building. The Michael and Sheila Satzow Health Center brings together primary care, imaging,…
Physician-staffed primary care networks, an independent multispecialty group and a physician-owned surgery center have all sought banktupcy protection this year, alongside hospitals whose financial collapse directly threatens physician jobs and referral networks. Clinics and physician practices accounted for almost 30%…
Missoula, Mont.-based Partnership Health Center said Sept. 2 it will cease operations at Seeley Swan Medical Center by Oct. 31, after the board voted on Sept. 1 to decline an extension that would have kept the clinic open through January…
A Brookings Institution analysis published Sept. 3 mapping vertical integration among the five largest U.S. health insurers found UnitedHealth Group’s Optum Health division generated $100.5 billion in 2025 revenue, 63% of it paid by UnitedHealth’s own health plans. That structure…