Providers spend more than $31 billion a year just dealing with claim denials. That financial leakage isn’t just a billing issue. It’s an operational risk — and one that’s layered on top of evolving payer rules, regulatory complexity and staff…
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Here are eight updates on healthcare union efforts in June, as reported by Becker’s: 1. The International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local Union 30 filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to become the union representation for a group…
Here are five recent statistics and data points that illustrate the mounting pressures facing anesthesiologists: 1. Anesthesiologists have the highest intent to leave their roles out of all physician specialists, with 40.6% expressing interest in leaving their current jobs within…
Gabor Racz, MD, a Hungarian-born anesthesiologist, died at 88 in Dallas on June 23, according to a June 25 obituary published by Lubbock Online. Dr. Racz fled his home country as a young medical student during the 1956 Hungarian Revolution…
A Columbus, Ohio-based former physician was sentenced to 24 months in prison for a $1.5 million Medicaid fraud scheme, the Ohio Attorney General said in a June 25 news release. What happened?
A new expert consensus statement issued by the American College of Cardiology said that cardiologists should “embrace” new weight-loss medications for patients with obesity, TCTMD reported June 25. Here are 10 takeaways from the report: 1. The experts said that,…
Here are five major GI developments Becker’s has covered in 1 month:
Amit Patel, MD, a gastroenterologist with the Evanston-based GI Alliance of Illinois, spoke with Becker’s about one of the most disruptive trends affecting physicians today: shrinking reimbursement rates paired with rising practice expenses. Dr. Amit Patel: The most disruptive trend…
Sacramento, Calif.-based UC Davis Health has cut the ribbon on its 48X Complex, one of the largest outpatient surgery centers in the nation. The four-story, 268,000-square-foot, $589 million facility will see its first patients July 1, according to a June…
Generative AI isn’t on the horizon — it’s already here, influencing decisions from the C-suite to the bedside. A new Becker’s Healthcare and Microsoft survey of 150 healthcare leaders reveals how executives are deploying AI across strategy, documentation and clinical…
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