Anesthesia has become one of the most persistent staffing headaches for ASCs and hospitals alike. It’s not just a bad labor market, but a pipeline problem stacked on top of an aging workforce, a bottlenecked training system and a reimbursement…
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Roughly 70 percent of medical decisions depend on lab results but lab spending remains one of the least scrutinized lines in a health plan’s budget. That blind spot is getting more expensive. Routine testing spend is climbing faster than the…
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ASCs are already contending with a broader staffing crunch, including a physician shortage and a shrinking anesthesia workforce that recruiters describe as a widening supply problem. Layered on top of that shortage, the price of replacing even one departing physician…
Fort Myers, Fla.-based Millennium Physician Group and Mishawaka, Ind.-based Franciscan Alliance have partnered to expand access to care in Indiana. The collaboration brings together the Franciscan Alliance physician network with Millennium Physician Group’s physician-led operating model, practice management expertise, advanced…
Colorectal cancer is now the number one cause of cancer death in adults under 50, according to a 2026 report from the American Cancer Society, and persists as one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers in the U.S. In California,…
GI procedure demand keeps climbing while Medicare keeps cutting what it pays for the exact setting where those procedures are cheapest to perform. Here are nine numbers to know: 28.3%: GI procedures’ share of Medicare/Medicaid ASC volume nationally; colonoscopy alone…
One pathology lab’s referral scheme has now cost two parties a combined $34.75 million in 2026, and the pattern suggests more could follow. The scheme: Advanced Pathology Solutions, a Little Rock, Ark.-based lab, allegedly set up “lean labs” inside gastroenterology…
Orthopedists and orthopedic surgeons are among the wealthiest physicians in the country, and their edge over other specialties is widening, according to Medscape’s “Orthopedist Wealth & Debt Report 2026: Is the Rising Net Worth Tide Carrying Your Boat?” The report,…
Spine surgeons are tracking several Medicare reimbursement changes that could affect professional fees, ASC economics and future Part B payments. Some are included in CMS’ proposed 2027 Physician Fee Schedule and outpatient payment rules. Another, the Ambulatory Specialty Model, has…
Over one year after Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield’s anesthesia time limit policy set off an industrywide backlash, the fight over how anesthesia care gets reimbursed is still unresolved. A commentary published July 14 in the Journal of Clinical Medicine…