Physicians are at the center of some of the most consequential legal and regulatory battles in healthcare over who controls their practices, what their contracts can demand and whether the employers they work for are playing by the rules. Here…
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SCA Health, Englewood Health and physician partners have cut the ribbon on Precision Surgery Center of Englewood Cliffs (N.J.), according to a June 16 report from New Jersey Business Magazine. The 20,000-square-foot ASC includes four operating rooms and two procedure…
Anesthesiologist Gentian Meta, MD, of Edmond, Okla., has paid $50,000 in civil penalties after allegations that he violated the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970. Dr. Meta allegedly failed to maintain documents related to the purchase of…
Washington state offers the highest mean annual wage for anesthesiologists in the U.S., according to May 2025 data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The BLS tracks occupational wages across states, though data for some states is suppressed when…
The North Carolina State Health Plan has added Charlotte, N.C.-based OrthoCarolina as a preferred provider in its no-cost surgical program offered through specialty care platform Lantern. The program connects eligible health plan members with surgeons and facilities for select nonemergency…
A medical office building portfolio in Toms River, N.J., that includes a surgery center has been sold for $13.6 million, according to a June 15 report from NJ Biz. The Holiday City Medical Portfolio, which has two buildings totaling 55,680…
Most health systems still treat pharmacy as a line-item expense to control. Leaders at Ochsner Health, St. Luke’s Health System, MetroHealth and Yale New Haven Health System are taking a different approach—leveraging pharmacy intelligence, AI-enabled workflows and data-driven decision-making to improve medication…
Jul 15, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT
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Presenters:
- Deborah Simonson, PharmD, CPEL, Chief Pharmacy Officer and Vice President, Ochsner Health
- Joshua Weber, PharmD, MBA-HCM, CSP, BCMTMS, 340B ACE, Senior Director, Ambulatory, Retail and Specialty Pharmacy Services, St. Luke's Health System
- Ryan Mezinger, RPh, CPEL, Senior Vice President, Chief Pharmacy Officer, MetroHealth
- Marjorie Lazarre, PharmD, MHA, Chief Pharmacy Officer, Yale New Haven Health System
More than 4 in 5 physicians are regularly using AI in their practices — a figure that has doubled since 2023, according to new research by the American Medical Association. Yet as AI use in medical practice climbs, trust in…
Chicago-based Northwestern Medicine researchers found that anxiety and hypervigilance may contribute to poorer outcomes for patients with gastrointestinal conditions, underscoring the role of the gut-brain connection in digestive health, according to a June 15 news release. Here are four things…
The American Cancer Society updated its colorectal cancer screening guidelines May 27 to include new blood- and stool-based screening options, while making clear that the blood-based test is a last resort, not a replacement for more sensitive alternatives. Here are…