While the anesthesia workforce faces significant workforce pressures and financial challenges, including sinking reimbursement rates and a wave of retiring practitioners. However, there are several developments promising a brighter future ahead in the specialty. Physician leadership Anesthesiologists may be increasingly…
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Here are four hospital closures Becker’s has reported on since Aug. 1: 1. Banner Health will end emergency services at its Loveland, Colo.-based Banner McKee Medical Center on Nov. 5 as the facility is converted to a specialty hospital. Banner…
Gastroenterology reimbursement faces new headwinds, with payer and federal policy shifts that could cut pay for gastroenterologists and GI ASCs in 2025 and beyond. The changes span Medicare, commercial plans and state-level proposals, targeting conversion-factor cuts, site-neutral reform, bundled payments…
Alejandro Badia, MD, orthopedic surgeon and founder of Miami-based OrthoNOW, has partnered with Redwood Growth Partners, according to a Sept. 3 news release. The collaboration with the investment and advisory firm is expected to accelerate OrthoNOW’s growth, with plans to…
Michael Sisson, MD, an anesthesiologist, has died at age 77, according to an obituary published by the Cape Cod Times Sept. 4. Dr. Sisson earned both his undergraduate and medical degrees from Tufts University in Boston. He went on to…
Hospitals are ramping up investment in orthopedic ambulatory surgery centers to capture growing demand for musculoskeletal care, lower costs and expand their footprint in outpatient surgery. Orthopedic procedures — including joint replacements, spine surgeries and sports medicine cases — are…
Geneva (N.Y.) General Cardiology Associates, part of Finger Lakes Health, has added Rawa Sarji, DO, according to a Sept. 5 report from FingerLakes1.com. Dr. Sarji is a cardiologist who treats heart conditions including coronary heart disease, arrhythmias and ectopic heartbeats.…
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Somerset (N.J.), an RWJBarnabas Health hospital, has named Anthony Altobelli III, MD, as chief medical officer. Dr. Altobelli is a practicing cardiologist and has been serving as interim chief medical officer at the hospital since…
The Cleveland Clinic’s Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute in Weston, Fla., has tapped Greg Kasper, MD, as its new director of vascular services. According to a Sept. 4 news release, Dr. Kasper is based in Stuart, Fla., and practices at…
Greenwich Street Surgical, a new membership-based surgical facility in Manhattan, was designed to give aesthetic surgeons access to hospital-grade operating rooms without the costs and administrative burden of ownership. Co-founders Oren Tepper, MD, and Evan Garfein, MD, joined Becker’s to…