CMS released its final rule for the calendar year 2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Nov. 4. Physician pay falls more than the agency proposed in July, while CMS scaled back a same-day visit cut and delayed its ban on vendor-run…
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CMS finalized its 2027 hospital outpatient and ASC payment rule Nov. 4, cutting payment for 340B-acquired drugs, expanding site-neutral payments to imaging and continuing to phase out the inpatient-only list. Eighteen things to know: Payment rates 1. Outpatient payment rates…
Physicians won some of the most closely watched races of the 2026 midterms, including two Senate seats that helped Democrats take control of the chamber and the Ohio governor’s office. The current Congress includes 20 physicians — 16 in the…
A patient calls to confirm a Thursday appointment, then mentions chest pain that started that morning. What the voice agent on the line does next depends on decisions made long before the call. Healthcare is putting AI on the phone,…
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A St. Louis County judge ordered Retina Associates of St. Louis to pay ophthalmologist Blonie Wayne Dudney, MD, $1.07 million in unpaid compensation, according to court documents accessed by Becker’s. Here are five things to know: 1. Judge John Borbonus…
Most large health systems can finally see what’s happening across their operations in real time. The harder question is what to do with that information. As census climbs faster than revenue and the number of staffed beds shrinks, visibility alone…
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In 2023, 69% of ASC leaders said recruiting surgical technologists had gotten harder over the past year, compared with 68% for experienced OR nurses. It was the first year techs topped nurses on that measure, according to an OR Manager…
Entering new markets ranked last among nine reasons hospitals and health systems own or affiliate with ASCs, but more than a quarter of leaders still cited it. Twenty-seven percent of respondents to the 7th Hospital Leadership ASC Survey from Avanza…
Nabil Younan, MD, who was director of anesthesia at Shore Memorial Hospital in Somers Point, N.J., for 19 years, died Oct. 29 at age 91, according to an obituary published in The Press of Atlantic City. Dr. Younan joined the…
Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., introduced the Medicare for America Act on Oct. 30, legislation that would open an expanded Medicare program to every U.S. resident while preserving employer-sponsored coverage. The bill would also ban prior authorization and step therapy and…