New Mexico leads the nation in medical malpractice reports, with 130.98 per 1,000 practitioners, which is 2.4 times the national average of 54.91, according to data from Kitchel Law analyzing HHS records from 2021 to 2025. Data comes from medical…
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A lawsuit filed by Eugene, Ore.-based Emergency Physicians against PeaceHealth and Atlanta-based staffing company ApolloMD has put a spotlight on long-standing tensions between corporate medicine and local physician control — and it may set a national precedent. What happened with…
The Mount Kisco (N.Y.) Surgery Center has agreed to pay $527,500 to settle a class-action lawsuit involving a data breach from November 2023, according to a May 6 report from Claim Depot. The ASC detected unusual activity in an employee’s…
Lexington, Ky.-based Appalachian Regional Healthcare broke ground May 6 on a $54 million oncology and ambulatory center at Middlesboro (Ky.) ARH Hospital, according to a report from CBS affiliate WYMT. The four-story, 51,000-square-foot ARH advanced oncology and ambulatory center aims…
Cleveland Clinic Children’s launched a multidisciplinary clinic for pediatric heart transplant recipients focused on long-term health and quality-of-life outcomes. The program, called Thrive, which stands for transplant, health, resiliency, independence, vitality and empowerment, began in 2025 and provides annual evaluations…
Columbia, Mo.-based Boone Health is set to resume its cardiology services May 11 following a break with Columbia-based Missouri Heart Center, according to a May 6 report from the Columbia Missourian. Boone Health filed a civil lawsuit against the center…
Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare’s United Surgical Partners International continues to double down on ASC high-acuity procedures and robotics amid a yearslong transformation away from acute care. Here’s where Tenet CEO Saum Sutaria, MD, says the business is headed, in their own…
A former trauma surgeon has filed a lawsuit alleging that the University of Toledo (Ohio) was wrongly forced to retire by his former employer, CBS affiliate WTOl 11 reported May 6. Nabil Ebrahim, MD, told the outlet that the university…
Arkansas Valley Surgery Center in Canon City, Colo., permanently closed April 24, according to a notice posted by the facility’s website. The AmSurg-affiliated ASC, which offered gastroenterology, bariatric, general surgery, urology, podiatry and orthopedic procedures, did not disclose a reason…
Two former surgeon generals are pushing back on a CMS proposal aimed at expanding Medicare coverage of some colorectal cancer screening tests, The Center Square reported May 5. The proposed rule would allow for coverage of non-invasive, blood-based tests under…