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Owosso, Mich.-based Memorial Healthcare has opened a new outpatient facility in Flushing, Mich., Flushing Today reported April 9.  The Flushing Health Center will take over a former Rite Aid location. It will offer urgent care, a community pharmacy, outpatient services…

Sacramento, Calif.-based UC Davis Health is using an AI tool to improve colonoscopy quality and measure physician performance.  Embedded in Epic, the tool analyzes pathology reports to identify adenomatous polyps and calculate adenoma detection rates, a key quality metric. It…

The Trump administration’s fiscal year 2027 budget released April 3 proposes a $15.8 billion cut to HHS, while requesting $1.5 trillion for defense, a 44% increase. The budget would dramatically reshape federal spending priorities across healthcare and national security. It…

Colorado Springs (Colo.) Cardiology opened a new Heart & Vascular ASC with a ribbon-cutting held April 8, according to a FOX21 News report. The facility is the first of its kind in Southern Colorado and the largest in the state,…

Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health opened a cardiology and oncology center in Castro Valley, Calif., expanding access to specialty care in the region. The Castro Valley Cardiovascular and Oncology Care Center houses both services in one location to support more coordinated…

Partnerships with management services organizations have become an increasingly common business strategy for physician practices struggling against a rising tide of corporate consolidation efforts and soaring operational costs. According to the American Medical Association’s “Physician Practice Benchmark Report,” published in…

Legislators in Iowa have passed a bill to ban University of Iowa Health Care from utilizing noncompete clauses in employment contracts, The Gazette reported April 7.  The bill passed out of the state Senate by a vote of 43-2. It…

Physicians at Advanced Surgery Center of Beverly Hills (Calif.) have performed the first post-FDA-approval case using the Synergy Disc. Todd Lanman, MD, and Joel Beckett, MD, completed a three-level cervical disc replacement procedure five weeks after the device received premarket…

As independent practices buckle under rising costs, administrative burdens and stagnant reimbursement, a new and unlikely cast of acquirers has entered the game, moving beyond the traditional hospital and health system playbook to stake claims across primary care and specialty…