Here are five updates on Cigna Healthcare in September, as reported by Becker's:
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Humble, Texas-based Modern Heart and Vascular has added Steven Lorch, MD, to its staff.
For years, healthcare has been a major area of focus for private-equity investment, driving strong trends of consolidation within the industry. But a recent market analysis report from Pitchbook shows that momentum in healthcare specialist funds may be slowing down.
Physicians could lose at least $25 billion in add-on payments for Part B drugs that could be part of the Inflation Reduction Act's program to negotiate drugs, according to a recent study by Avalere.
The nature of the Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) is to provide efficient, high-quality surgical care while promoting financial sustainability.
U.S. Healthworks, a chain of occupational and urgent care clinics, has agreed to pay $7.7 million to settle allegations it knowingly withheld millions of dollars in unclaimed property from the state of California.
The American Society of Anesthesiologists has filed a trademark complaint against the recently renamed American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology, alleging that its use of the word "anesthesiology" is "deceptively misdescriptive," according to a Sept. 25 report from Medscape.
Martinsburg, W.Va.-based The Pain Center of West Virginia has agreed to pay $750,000 to settle allegations that it submitted false claims to Medicare for amniotic fluid injections used in pain management.
Bellingham, Wash.-based Doherty Dermatology has been acquired by Frontier Dermatology.
According to the Physician Foundation's annual "Survey of America's Current and Future Physicians," 6 in 10 physicians and residents reported experiencing burnout, and 50% of respondents said healthcare consolidation is having a negative impact on their job satisfaction.