Roya Jafari-Hassad, MD, was sentenced to seven years of imprisonment for prescribing oxycodone pills without a legitimate medical purpose and fraudulently billing insurance providers for procedures that were never performed, according to a March 2 news release from the U.S.…
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Over the next five to 10 years, the U.S. will face a shortage of 300,000 physicians and nurses. At the same time, nearly 80% of older adults are managing multiple chronic conditions. Recruiting alone will not solve this. Leading organizations…
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Dennis Bierle has been selected as the new senior vice president for outpatient clinic operations for Gainsville-based UF Health, the Alachua Chronicle reported March 2. In this role, Mr. Bierle will work to create a more unified approach to the…
Little Rock, Ark.-based University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences has appointed Srikanth Vallurupalli, MD, as director of the division of cardiovascular medicine. Dr. Vallurupalli is an associate professor in the division and has led the organization’s cardiovascular medicine fellowship program…
A new study published in JAMA found that a new Medicare add-on billing code boosted pay significantly for specialists. The study analyzed Medicare claims data from 2024, the first year that the G22111 was introduced. The code was billed 26…
Port St. Lucie-based Florida Coast Medical Center has announced plans to expand its outpatient capabilities with an ASC later in 2026, South Florida Hospital News reported March 2. A medical office building and multispecialty center adjacent to the hospital campus…
Lawmakers have extended the Acute Hospital Care at Home waiver through 2030, which will grant waivers to individual hospitals who provide Medicare patients with inpatient-level home care. Hospital-at-home has gained steady traction in recent years as health systems work to…
Anesthesia workforce shortages aren’t easing, and raising compensation alone isn’t the fix. Across the country, anesthesia leaders say retention hinges less on headline pay and more on culture, schedule control and operational sustainability. Making employees feel valued, not interchangeable, is…
Imagine a patient who receives one clear message at each critical step of care — scheduling, check-in, results, billing and payment — with no confusion about what comes next. Now contrast that with today’s reality: fragmented reminders, unclear bills and…
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Providence-based Rhode Island Hospital, part of Brown University Health, has appointed Mark Cunningham, MD, as chief of cardiac surgery. Dr. Cunningham is a cardiovascular surgeon specializing in mechanical circulatory support, valve surgery, TAVR and complex aortic surgery, according to a…