A former employee of United Surgical Partners International filed a class-action lawsuit on May 22, alleging the ASC company violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act by unlawfully imposing a tobacco surcharge on employees’ health insurance premiums, according to court…
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Patients in the U.S. have to wait an average of 32.7 days to see a cardiologist, according to a recent report from AMN Healthcare. The wait time is an increase of 23% since 2022, when the average wait time was…
Lawrence Kim, MD, has begun his term as 120th president of the American Gastroenterological Association Institute. Dr. Kim is a partner at South Denver Gastroenterology, a 27-physician independent GI practice, according to a May 28 news release sent to Becker’s. …
Surgeon salaries in private practice and outpatient settings surpass those in hospital settings, according to a report published May 13 in the Journal of the Society of Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgeons. Analyzing data from over 213,000 medical practices from the…
The average cost of turnover for a single staff registered nurse increased to $61,110 over the course of 2024, according to the 2025 NSI National Health Care Retention & RN Staffing Report. The report surveyed 450 hospitals in 37 states…
In its 2025 Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System rule, CMS made major changes to its reimbursement framework, which is reshaping how ASCs operate and bill, according to a blog post from billing company…
Six months after a major insurance company withdrew plans for a policy that would have allowed health insurers to place time limits on anesthesia care, a New York State Assembly bill and a New York Senate bill may resurrect the…
NorthStar Anesthesia has partnered with Tampa (Fla.) General Hospital North to provide anesthesia services at three TGH North facilities. The anesthesia provider will serve patients at Florida Endoscopy and Surgery Center, TGH Spring Hill Hospital and TGH Brooksville, according to…
A Slidell, La., physician has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud in a scheme to bill Medicare for medically unnecessary tests, the Justice Department said in a May 27 news release. What happened?
As of 2023, 75% of certified registered nurse anesthetists reported practicing independently without collaboration from physicians, according to a white paper from Medicus Healthcare Solutions published May 21. CRNAs represent more than 80% of anesthesia providers in rural counties and…