Hudson, N.Y.-based Columbia Memorial Health will add an ASC and cardiac care center at its Greene Medical Arts Center in Catskill, N.Y., according to a May 12 report from Hudson Valley 360. The new ASC will feature four operating rooms…
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Penn Medicine has hired more than 40 physicians-in-training who were displaced by the closing of Upland, Pa.-based Crozer Health, according to a May 9 report from The Philadelphia Inquirer. The system added 26 family medicine residents from Crozer, which shuttered…
Nearly half (43%) of medical practices in the U.S. have been using AI at work for over a year, with 36% of practicing physicians, nurses and IT professionals using it to transcribe patient notes. In addition, several practices are using…
Brentwood, Tenn.-based ASC chain Surgery Partners recorded $776 million in revenue during the first quarter of 2025, an increase of 8.2% compared to the first quarter of 2024. Here are nine more notes, according to a May 12 news release…
There have been numerous ASCs and physician practices that have closed in the first months of 2025 for a range of reasons. Rising operational costs, staffing shortages and stagnant reimbursements rates are among the most common factors in the closures. …
Anissa Maroof, MD, a physician in Potomac, Md., pleaded guilty to a single federal count of unlawfully distributing and dispensing controlled substances. Between January 2019 and June 2022, Dr. Maroof distributed alprazolam, amphetamine-dextroamphetamine and buprenorphine outside the scope of professional…
Central Maine Healthcare has partnered with Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield in Maine to offer colorectal cancer screenings for Anthem members at Bridgton (Maine) Hospital. Beginning May 5, Central Maine specialist physicians began providing preventative colonoscopies for Anthem members…
The U.S. is currently facing increasing economic headwinds, with economists predicting the costs of goods to rise as a result of President Donald Trump’s tariff plan. Healthcare experts found that 82% of hospitals expect costs to increase by at least…
Here are five recent Stark law updates and reports that physicians need to know: CMS recently issued rare Stark law guidance for physician-owned hospitals CMS recently issued a rare Stark law advisory opinion allowing a physician-owned hospital to relocate eight…
A landmark 2019 CMS ruling opened the door for ASCsto receive Medicare reimbursement for certain angioplasty and stenting procedures, and a new study suggests these procedures are just as safe in ASCs as they are in hospital outpatient departments. Katerina…