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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…

From major implant manufacturers to supply distributors to back-office service providers, vendors have watched ASC volume grow, often without a corresponding renegotiation of the terms they set years ago. The outpatient shift is accelerating. In its annual report to Congress…

The anesthesia job market of the next decade will look nothing like the one that came before it, according to Jeff Tieder, MSN, CRNA, clinical assistant professor at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.  Mr. Tieder advises students on this…

HCA Healthcare CEO Sam Hazen took home $26.5 million in total compensation in 2025, which is 420 times more than the Nashville, Tenn.-based health system’s median employee, according to a proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on…

Anthony Hilliard, MD, was appointed president of Loma Linda (Calif.) University Health, effective July 1. Dr. Hilliard will succeed Richard Hart, MD, DrPH. He will also continue to serve as CEO of the system’s hospitals, a role he has held…

Nearly 300 ASCs were included on U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers” list for colonoscopy and endoscopy, with around 130 being located in the South.  The ratings evaluated 17 types of episodes of care grouped into four…

Legislators in Tennessee have passed legislation that would repeal certificate-of-need requirements in the state, the Kingsport Times News reported April 16.  The bill passed out of the state Senate in a 28-1 vote, in concurrence with the House’s version. The…

President Donald Trump has nominated Erica Schwartz, MD, as the next CDC director, he said in an April 16 social media post. Dr. Schwartz, a retired Coast Guard rear admiral, served as deputy surgeon general during President Trump’s first term.…