Private equity firms have spent the last decade buying hospitals, physician practices and nursing homes directly. Increasingly, they’re taking a quieter route into nonprofit healthcare: the joint venture. A July 6 report from the Private Equity Stakeholder Project, a nonprofit…
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New York City-based Weill Cornell Medicine has named Timothy R. Donahue, MD, chair of its Department of Surgery and surgeon-in-chief at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, effective Sept. 1. According to a July 9 news release, Dr. Donahue, a pancreatic cancer…
The fight over how long anesthesia can run during surgery has produced a fragmented regulatory landscape featuring a patchwork of state bans, proposed bills and active payer policies that vary across markets. The tug-of-war escalated in late 2024, when Anthem…
Payer consolidation has accelerated to a pace that most ASC administrators did not build into their contracting assumptions. Cigna sold its Medicare Advantage business to Health Care Service Corp. in 2025. Smaller Blues plans are affiliating with larger ones. Health…
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is the sixth leading cause of death in the U.S.¹ and one of the most common drivers of hospital readmission. One in five hospitalizations for COPD results in a return visit² — and for patients with…
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A cardiologist who sued UPMC alleging retaliation after reporting an alleged conflict of interest involving the health system’s CEO has agreed to dismiss his lawsuit, with UPMC stating no money or compensation was paid, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported. Hemal Gada,…
Health systems, payers and private equity platforms are all still competing for GI assets, and the last 18 months show consolidation moving in multiple directions at once: mega-platforms getting bigger, PE sponsors trading assets among themselves and health systems still…
On July 7, CMS released its proposed rule updating the 2027 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center payment system, including key changes for gastroenterology leaders. Here are five takeaways for gastroenterologists and ASC leaders. 1. GI payments…
Annapolis, Md.-based Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center has received a $10 million gift from a local family to establish the Earl Family Surgical Center, one of the largest philanthropic donations in the hospital’s nearly 125-year history, Eye on Annapolis…
The anesthesia workforce, especially certified registered nurse anesthetists, has been facing an uphill battle in recent months amid new restrictions on federal student loan borrowing and repayment that some say will strain education and training access within the specialty. Rules…