A Michigan surgeon has been sentenced to 12 months in federal prison for his role in a scheme to submit more than $7 million in fraudulent Medicare claims for psychotherapy services that were never rendered, the Justice Department said in…
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Los Angeles-based Keck School of Medicine of USC has appointed Earl Strum, MD, as chair of its anesthesiology department. Dr. Strum is a clinical professor of anesthesiology and population and public health sciences at the university and has served as…
Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems is expanding its ambulatory surgery center footprint through a mix of acquisitions and de novo development in 2026. Six things to know: 1. The health system has opened new ASCs in Birmingham and Foley, Ala.,…
Rome, Ga.-based AdventHealth Redmond has opened a new Heart, Lung and Vascular Institute, centralizing cardiac services in one location, according to an April 17 report by Coosa Valley News. The 40,000-square-foot facility opened to patients April 20 and offers diagnostic…
A primary care clinic that has served Dryden, N.Y. for more than 70 years will close May 1, the Ithaca Voice reported April 17. Cayuga Primary Care Dryden, part of Centralus Health, has operated since 1955. Centralus cited staffing challenges…
A Texas appeals court upheld a non-compete injunction against four CRNAs, barring them from practicing within a 20-mile radius of their former workplaces for three years, according to an April 17 report by the Human Resources Director. The Court of…
Healthcare organizations are not lacking data, they are lacking timely, actionable insight at the point of care. As health systems continue to invest in data infrastructure, many still struggle to translate that data into workflows clinicians can use. In this…
Presented by:
- Andrew Behan, Vice President Customer Success, Navina
- Rajan Gurunathan, MD, FACP, Chief Medical Officer, Hackensack Meridian Health - Hospital from Home
- Justin F. Klamerus, MD, MMM, Executive Vice President & Chief Clinical Officer, McLaren Health Care
- Mandy Bodily-Bartrum, SVP of Infection Prevention, Quality, and Data Analytics, Vibra Healthcare
- Mike Hancock, MHA, AVP of Proactive Care Operations, Canyons Region, Intermountain Health
As ASCs and outpatient care shift towards the center of organizational growth strategies, joint ventures and partnerships between hospitals, health systems, ASCs, physicians and management groups are becoming more common. Here are four outpatient joint ventures or partnerships shaping the…
Many health systems are deploying AI tools, but UC San Diego Health is emerging as a leading example of AI as an operating model, where it has embedded across clinical care, operations, and patient experience rather than deployed as isolated…
Presented by:
- Karandeep Singh, MD, MMSc, Chief Health AI Officer at UC San Diego Health
- Marlene Millen, MD, Chief Medical Information Officer, UC San Diego Health
- Matt Sakumoto, MD, Chief Clinical Product Officer at Nabla
A New York City anesthesiologist who founded a chain of COVID-19 testing clinics has pleaded guilty to fraudulently billing insurance companies for services never rendered, causing at least $24 million in losses, the Justice Department said in an April 17…
