The Department of Justice is actively prosecuting kickback arrangements in the lab and diagnostic space, including payments disguised as consulting or medical director fees, according to an April 24 post from law firm ArentFox Schiff. In 2025 alone, the department…
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The American Surgical Association has named B. Mark Evers, MD, as president-elect. According to an April 27 news release, Dr. Evers will serve as president-elect in 2026-27 before assuming the presidency in 2027-28. He was elected at the organization’s 146th…
The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions has named J. Dawn Abbott, MD, as president for 2026–27. According to an April 25 news release shared with Becker’s, Dr. Abbott assumed the role during SCAI 2026 Scientific Sessions, held April 23–25…
ASCs are here to stay as an increasingly central pillar in the U.S. healthcare system. In its annual report to Congress released March 12, the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission found that the number of ASCs nationwide grew more than 2%…
Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare Chair and CEO Saum Sutaria, MD, received $43,108,969 in total compensation in 2025, up from $24,661,553 the prior year, according to a proxy statement filed April 16 with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Here are nine more…
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Joe Peluso, administrator at Aestique Surgery Center in Greensburg, Pa., joined Becker’s to discuss how closing the “coordination execution gap” — connecting the right clinical teams, technology, and resources at the point of care — is the key to reducing…
Maple Grove. Minn.-based Francis Medical has announced that Aaron Milbank, MD, performed the first commercial procedure in the Midwest using its Vanquish Water Vapor Ablation System at High Pointe Surgery Center in Lake Elmo, Minn. According to an April 21…
Three states have updated laws governing physician assistants in the law month, expanding practice authority and revising professional titles. Here are the three states: 1. On April 10, Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear signed into law a bill that permits a…
HCA Healthcare CEO Sam Hazen took home $26.5 million in total compensation in 2025, which is 420 times more than the Nashville, Tenn.-based health system’s median employee, according to a proxy statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on…
For decades, physicians have watched autonomy erode as the great migration to health systems continues. But Matt Mazurek, MD, assistant clinical professor of anesthesiology at St. Raphael’s Campus of Yale New Haven (Conn.) Hospital told Becker’s, sees a reversal on…