East Lansing-based Michigan Surgical Center has disclosed a data breach that may have exposed personal information, according to a July 21 report from Claim Depot. On June 3, 2026, a ransomware group posted that it had obtained data from the…
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Cardinal Health named Nathan Walcker, MBA, president of The Specialty Alliance, the Dublin, Ohio-based company’s physician-led management services organization spanning gastroenterology and urology, effective Aug. 3, 2026. Mr. Walcker joins from Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute, where he served…
Northside Hospital’s clinical staff spend their days moving and lifting and many were quietly paying for it. Across a workforce that is predominantly women and constantly on the move, the benefits team found employees self-diagnosing or delaying treatment for musculoskeletal…
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The American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology said July 21 that a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruling wrongly declined to force HHS to enforce a provider nondiscrimination provision that protects certified registered nurse anesthetists from reduced insurance…
Orthopedic medtech company Smith+Nephew has launched ASC Solutions, an enterprise strategy to help ASCs realize key objectives of cost optimization, quality and performance. The program provides ASCs with expertise, differentiated procedural technologies, and advanced data and analytics to fuel growth…
The rules around physician and healthcare worker noncompetes are changing faster than most employment contracts get reviewed, with at least six states enacting new restrictions or bans in 2026. Several more states are actively considering legislation — while the FTC…
UnitedHealthcare’s frustration with the No Surprises Act’s arbitration system became explicit on the insurer’s second-quarter earnings call, but it is only the most recent escalation in a fight that has stalled in Congress, lost repeatedly in federal court and is…
The Digestive Health Center of Alliance, formerly known as the Digestive Health Center of North Richland Hills, has opened a new center in Fort Worth, Texas. The 9,500-square-foot facility includes three procedure rooms, one operating room and 14 preoperative and…
Healthpeak Properties, a real estate investment trust, and Brookfield Asset Management, a global alternative asset manager, have formed a joint venture involving a portfolio of outpatient medical buildings, according to a July 20 news release from Healthpeak Properties. Here are…
North Dakota has the highest hourly mean wage for physicians in the U.S., and remains on top when adjusting for cost of living, according to data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Below are the mean annual and hourly…