A federal judge in Chicago has denied class certification in an antitrust lawsuit brought by former employees of SCA Health, DaVita and United Surgical Partners International alleging a no-poach agreement suppressed wages among senior outpatient clinic employees, according to a…
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Optum has clarified its payment policy for anesthesia services provided during electroconvulsive therapy, confirming that such services are eligible for separate reimbursement under certain conditions, according to a June 10 news release from the American Society of Anesthesiologists. Optum acknowledged…
Most surgical practices treat network participation as a prerequisite for building volume, staying busy and keeping the lights on. But Anthony Maioriello, MD, challenged that assumption at Becker’s Spine, Orthopedic and Pain Management-Driven ASC + The Future of Spine Conference…
Patient balances continue to rise, but adding billing staff isn’t a sustainable answer for growing dental organizations. Many billing teams are stuck chasing payments manually, balancing patient communications across multiple locations, and trying to improve collections in a challenging labor…
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- Pam Draper, Vice President, Operations, Partnerships for Dentists
- Samantha Champagnie, Vice President, Revenue Cycle Management, Imagen Dental Partners
- Aphton McElheney, Head of Customer Success, Pearly
It is often said that the operating room minute is the most expensive unit of time in healthcare — but that doesn’t mean it’s necessarily central to ASC profit margins. Michael Verdon, DO, a neurosurgeon and chief medical officer at…
A Winter Park, Fla. plastic surgery center has agreed to pay $40,000 and implement anti-discrimination measures to settle allegations that it violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by refusing to provide services to patients with HIV and Crohn’s disease, the…
Non-operating room anesthesia cases are projected to account for more than half of all anesthesia cases within the next decade, according to a joint report by the American Hospital Association and the American Society of Anesthesiologists. Procedures are undeniably moving…
Miami-based Gastro Health, a GI practice with a network of 207 locations, has provided notice of a data security incident. On Feb. 25, the company learned that some of its employees had responded to a phishing incident, which led to…
Mark Cuban disrupted pharmaceutical pricing in 2022 with Cost Plus Drugs, a public benefit corporation that charges a flat 15% markup on generics and posts its full price list publicly, bypassing pharmacy benefit managers and intermediaries entirely. Four years later,…
Anesthesiologists and certified registered nurse anesthetists both sit high on the healthcare compensation ladder. The distance between them is compressing, and the data behind that compression matters for every ASC and health system making anesthesia staffing decisions right now. The…