Here are three hospital sales Becker’s has reported on since June 11: 1. On June 18, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost gave conditional approval for venture capital firm General Catalyst to acquire Akron-based Summa Health. The move follows a $485…
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Leopoldo V. Rodriguez, MD, is an attending anesthesiologist and perioperative medicine consultant at the Medical University of South Carolina’s Lancaster Medical Center, with more than 20 years of experience shaping ambulatory anesthesia programs across the U.S. and abroad. Dr. Rodriguez’s…
Certified registered nurse anesthetist practice laws are shifting across the U.S. as several states take legislative or regulatory action. Since June 2024, six states have introduced or enacted changes to how CRNAs can practice: 1. In May, West Virginia Gov.…
Clinically relevant information — including referral letters, faxes and discharge notes — often exist in unstructured formats. The result: care delays, manual review overload and untapped reimbursement. However, some health systems are now using tech to unlock structured insights from…
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Stafford, Conn.-based Johnson Memorial Hospital is opening a new ASC at its Enfield, Conn., campus, according to a June 25 report from the Stamford Advocate. While the ASC was originally intended to be partially owned by local physicians, it will…
Health systems are moving fast on generative AI — but not always in the same direction. Some are deploying ambient voice tools at scale. Others are piloting agentic AI for revenue cycle. Across the board, executives are reassessing governance, vendor…
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Providers spend more than $31 billion a year just dealing with claim denials. That financial leakage isn’t just a billing issue. It’s an operational risk — and one that’s layered on top of evolving payer rules, regulatory complexity and staff…
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Here are eight updates on healthcare union efforts in June, as reported by Becker’s: 1. The International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local Union 30 filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to become the union representation for a group…
Here are five recent statistics and data points that illustrate the mounting pressures facing anesthesiologists: 1. Anesthesiologists have the highest intent to leave their roles out of all physician specialists, with 40.6% expressing interest in leaving their current jobs within…
Gabor Racz, MD, a Hungarian-born anesthesiologist, died at 88 in Dallas on June 23, according to a June 25 obituary published by Lubbock Online. Dr. Racz fled his home country as a young medical student during the 1956 Hungarian Revolution…