Most healthcare organizations have a cyber crisis plan. Few have one that holds up when an attack disrupts operations at scale. The gap often comes down to identity infrastructure, the foundational layer that governs access to every critical system. When…
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The Federal Trade Commission has intensified its focus on healthcare-related regulation in accordance with President Donald Trump’s February 2025 executive order aimed at creating a “more competitive, innovative, affordable, and higher quality healthcare system.” Here are three recent moves by…
Basheer Alismail has built partnerships the hard way and learned what breaks them. As president of Capital Surgical Solutions, he oversees MSO operations, from ASC development to physician practice management. Mr. Alismail joined Becker’s to discuss why transparency about a…
Many physicians are bound by noncompete agreements that can lock them out of entire regions, sometimes blocking access to dozens of hospitals at once. “Noncompetes and the way that they’re used serve as a blanket restrictive covenant for physicians when…
Close to 70% of all counties in the U.S. do not have an active gastroenterologist, according to a new workforce report from Medicus Healthcare Solutions. The report, Addressing the Gastroenterologist Shortage, collected national workforce data and examined geographic disparities. Here…
Salina (Kansas) Regional Health is seeking local government approval to redevelop a zoning lot to construct a new ASC and medical clinic, The Salina Post reported May 29. The hospital must seek approval due to a redevelopment of the city-owned…
Cleveland Clinic has appointed Miguel Regueiro, MD, as executive vice president and enterprise chief of staff, effective June 1. Dr. Regueiro has served as chief of Cleveland Clinic’s Digestive Disease Institute since 2021 and will report directly to CEO and…
Joint replacement surgery continues to evolve as advances in robotics, computer-assisted navigation, implant design and outpatient care improve outcomes for patients with hip, knee and shoulder arthritis. Across the U.S., orthopedic surgeons are helping drive these innovations through clinical research,…
From burn centers to labor and delivery units, hospitals and health systems across the country are pulling back on services, and in some cases, inpatient care entirely. At least six facilities have announced closures or conversions in the last months,…
Health systems are entering the ASC space at a rapid pace, but many are arriving with the wrong playbook. According to Steve Hockert, Southlake, Texas-based ASC developer Solara, the cultural and structural assumptions that health systems carry into joint ventures…
