New Jersey saw the largest year-over-year increase in the average annual salary for nurse practitioners from 2024 to 2025, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Across the U.S., the average annual salary for nurse practitioners grew $5,300,…
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TriasMD, the parent company of DISC Surgery Centers in Newport Beach, Calif., named new executive leaders including Lee Levanduski as CEO, Andrew Nice as COO and Mike Lembo as CFO. Mr. Levanduski has more than 30 years of experience in healthcare and…
A Providence, R.I. personalized medicine practice has paused operations after all four of its physicians and three administrative staff members departed, leaving hundreds of patients seeking access to care or their medical records, GoLocal Providence reported June 12. Anasa Personalized…
For independent practices, denials don’t just delay payments. They drain staff time, strain margins and create backlogs that take weeks to unwind. The financial impact is visible in A/R reports. The operational impact is felt in every billing cycle. Most…
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The push for site-neutral payments — reimbursing providers at the same rate regardless of the site-of-service— has picked up momentum in Congress and remains a key point of advocacy for ASC leaders in Washington. At Becker’s 23rd annual Spine, Orthopedic…
An Ohio physician has been sentenced to five years of probation for her role in a healthcare fraud conspiracy that fraudulently billed Medicare for more than $1.8 million in medically unnecessary durable medical equipment and genetic testing, the Justice Department…
U.S. Vision, an optical retailer with about 250 locations across the country, is immediately ceasing operations, according to a June 15 report from Vision Monday. The company is closing all of its optical centers, including freestanding locations and those located…
Financial distress in healthcare has not peaked, it has broadened. Hospital filings have come down from their 2023 high, but physician practices, senior care and health technology companies are accelerating in the other direction. Here are seven numbers behind the…
From California’s Proposition 56 cuts threatening a $1.7 million annual operating deficit to hospital networks quietly rerouting referrals away from independent facilities, ASC leaders nationwide say financial pressure is closing in from every direction. Three ASC leaders joined Becker’s to…
The Federal Trade Commission’s consent order requiring Ascension to divest seven ASCs before closing its $3.9 billion acquisition of Amsurg was designed to preserve local competition in five states. Whether it will actually accomplish that is a different question, and…