The Ambulatory Surgery Center Association submitted formal comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Aug. 31, 2026, urging the agency to eliminate the ASC weight scalar in the proposed calendar year 2027 Outpatient Prospective Payment System and…
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A national healthcare organization operating more than 100 hospitals spent one day examining how it requests, approves and pays for locum tenens coverage. The exercise required no extra spend and produced five recommendations. Leaders had reason to look. Locum tenens…
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Interventional radiology and neurosurgery posted the largest physician pay increases of any specialty over the last year, according to Doximity’s 2026 Physician Compensation Report. Doximity, a digital platform for U.S. medical professionals, released the report Aug. 25. It draws on…
Adrian Gollas, MD, an anesthesiologist in Sioux City, Iowa, is asking a state court to overturn the Iowa Board of Medicine’s finding that he committed fraud on his medical license application, according to an Aug. 31 report by the Iowa…
As clinical AI moves from isolated deployments to enterprise infrastructure, health system leaders face a more consequential question: which technologies deliver meaningful value today while continuing to evolve with the needs of the enterprise? Health systems must assess whether the…
Sep 29, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT
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- Stephon Proctor, PhD, Associate Chief Health Informatics Officer, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
- Jill Reeves, Vice President of Quality, Baylor Scott & White
- Nadim Ilbawi, MD, Vice President, Clinical Success & Strategy, Abridge
Query volume and documentation accuracy are supposed to move together. At one West Virginia University Health System hospital, they moved in opposite directions: hospitalist queries fell 30% in 2025 compared with 2024, while severity capture improved. That happened because WVU…
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For physicians just entering practice, the choice between private practice and hospital employment can come down to a trade-off between autonomy and financial certainty, according to Eric Taris, MD, a hand surgeon who joined Appalachian Orthopedics in Johnson City, Tenn.,…
Cardiology is expanding increasingly into ASCs as CMS policy updates, advancements in cardiovascular innovation and population health concerns necessitate more access to outpatient cardiology procedures. Mitesh Amin, MD, CEO of AlignedCardio, a Richmond, Va.-based cardiovascular group formed through a partnership…
Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Needham (Mass.) is developing plans for an additional ambulatory care building after patient volume doubled in the last 10 years, the Boston Business Journal reported Sept. 1. Hospital officials told the Needham Planning Board the hospital is…
New York City Mount Sinai Health System has opened Peakpoint Central Nassau Surgery Center in Carle Place, N.Y., a joint venture with Ridgefield, Conn.-based Merritt Healthcare and a group of its surgeons. According to a Sept. 1 news release, the…