NYU Langone Hospital—Brooklyn in New York City has appointed its first chief of cardiac surgery. According to an April 9 news release, Noritsugu Naito, MD, will serve as the hospital’s inaugural chief of cardiac surgery and has been appointed clinical…
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Physician deals rebounded in 2024, driven largely by new players — pharmaceutical companies, insurers and pharmaceutical services providers, according to an April 2 blog post from VMG Health. Here are 10 things to know: 1. Economic conditions in 2023 and…
Miramar, Fla.-based Vohra Wound Physicians Management and its founder Ameet Vohra, MD, are facing a federal complaint alleging a Medicare fraud scheme involving overbilling and unnecessary wound care services provided to nursing home patients, according to an April 4 news…
Bain Capital is close to inking a $2.6 billion deal to acquire healthcare software provider HealthEdge from private equity giant Blackstone, Private Equity Insights reported April 8. Here are three things to know: 1. Blackstone originally acquired HealthEdge in 2020…
St. Louis-based Ascension continues to offload hospitals and ASCs in a bid to reorganize its portfolio and improve fiscal performance. Here are four notes on Ascension’s recent asset sales: 1. Ascension’s recent sale of four hospitals in southwest Michigan to…
Anesthesia coverage remains one of the most pressing issues in the ASC industry, driven by ongoing provider shortages and declining reimbursement rates. These factors are pushing ASCs to enter new partnerships and adopt innovative staffing models to maintain high-quality, uninterrupted…
Orlango Health has opened the Winter Garden (Fla.) Surgery Center, according to an April 7 news release from the health system. The 11,000-square-foot ASC features three operating rooms and 12 pre- and post-operative care bays. Physicians at the center offer…
On April 5, the Senate passed an amended fiscal 2025 budget revolution that maintained proposed cuts to Medicaid, including the introduction of work requirements. Here are 10 things to know about the work requirements and what they mean for physicians: …
Glen Burnie-based University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center has acquired the Heart Center of Northern Anne Arundel County. The Heart Center, also based in Glen Burnie, Md., will join University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Heart Associates, the cardiology group…
Parijat Joy, MD, has sued the University of Iowa and its board of regents over claims of alleged discrimination, Iowa Capital Dispatch reported April 7. According to the report, Dr. Joy began working with the university in 2018 as a…