Some leaders feel that Stark law and anti-kickback statutes, once intended to safeguard Medicare dollars, are now having an unintended effect: pushing active physicians out of healthcare leadership. Harry Severance, MD, adjunct assistant professor at Durham, N.C.-based Duke University School…
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Payers are using AI to automate and deny claims faster than ever. Meanwhile, only 8% of providers use AI in denials management. This whitepaper breaks down how leading health systems including Banner Health and Houston Methodist are closing the gap…
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Several states have either adopted or proposed new private equity laws that could have significant impacts on mergers and acquisitions in the ASC space. 1. A bill currently awaiting final approval by California Governor Gavin Newsom would strengthen the state’s…
Operating rooms and ASCs are facing persistent shortages of anesthetic agents, forcing anesthesia teams to substitute drugs and alter workflows. As of June 19, the FDA listed 194 drugs in shortage, including ketamine hydrochloride injection, which is used for anesthesia.…
Here are four recent milestones, updates or moves by certified registered nurse anesthetists groups or programs in the last month, as reported by Becker’s: 1. Sacramento, Calif.-based UC Davis Health is training UC Davis Fire Department personnel on the “i-gel,”…
The Washington State Medical Association has inaugurated Bridget Bush, MD, as its president. Dr. Bush is a practicing anesthesiologist at Optum Care Washington in Everett. In addition, serves on the clinical faculty at Washington State University’s Elson S. Floyd College…
Rockville Centre, N.Y.-based Catholic Health has opened its newly expanded St. Francis Heart Center in East Hills, N.Y. The 28,000-square-foot facility is an ambulatory care suite for cardiovascular patients and integrates a number of cardiology practices with a cardiac imaging…