Nashville, Tenn.-based TriStar Southern Hills Medical Center cut the ribbon on a new endoscopy center, according to a July 14 report from Davidson County Source. The new center will provide care for a variety of digestive conditions and procedures, including…
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Dan Tasset stepped back into the CEO role at Leawood, Kan.-based NueHealth this month, several years after stepping away from managing the company he founded in 1997 to spend time studying where healthcare was headed. He came back to NueHealth…
There are 27 states, plus Washington, D.C., that operate with a full practice model for nurse practitioners, according to information from the American Association of Nurse Practitioners. Full practice is the model recommended by the National Academy of Medicine and…
Anesthesia stipends have become a nearly unavoidable part of ASC operations as a high demand for surgical services and a low supply of both anesthesiologists and certified registered nurse anesthetists has greatly shifted the power dynamics in the space. The…
CMS has spent 2026 building a public case that its Medicaid program integrity crackdown is paying off, including a $1.3 billion funding deferral to Minnesota, provider revalidation orders sent to all 50 state governors, and a jump in Medicare program…
Finance leaders track base salary closely. But base salary is barely half of what a revenue cycle team actually costs. Benefits, payroll taxes, recruiting, onboarding, management overhead and attrition push the fully loaded cost of an RCM role to between…
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A bill has been introduced in the House of Representatives that would permit rural hospitals to utilize Medicare funding to hire physician anesthesiologists. The Medicare Access to Rural Anesthesiology Act was introduced by Reps. Jared Huffman and John Moolenaar, according…
Roughly a third of the nation’s rural hospitals — 720 in all — are at risk of closing, according to a report from the Center for Healthcare Quality and Payment Reform. The findings begs a familiar question among ASC leaders:…
CMS has framed its proposed 2027 Medicare physician payment rule as a pivot from “sick care to healthcare.” For orthopedic and spine practices, the proposal carries a more immediate message: The widely reported 1.68% reduction to Medicare’s physician conversion factor…
Many hospitals and health systems scrutinize staffing, service lines, and payer contracts for savings. Fewer look at one of their largest assets: real estate. Provider real estate portfolios often hold untapped value: vacant space, redundant leases, misaligned capital structures, and…
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