On July 14 CMS issued a proposed rule outlining Medicare Part B payment policy changes for physicians and other practitioners under the calendar year 2027 Physician Fee Schedule, including a 1.68% decrease in the proposed conversion factor for non-qualifying alternative…
Leadership
Here are nine recent leadership appointments in the ambulatory and surgical space, as reported by Becker’s: 1. Matthew Eggert, DPT, was named vice president of ambulatory operations for Maywood, Ill.-based Loyola Medicine, according to a news release shared with Becker’s. …
ASCs that wait on downside risk aren’t just falling behind, according to Dan Tasset — they’re pricing themselves out of the healthcare delivery system entirely. Mr. Tasset returned this month as CEO of Leawood, Kan.-based NueHealth, the ASC company he…
The shift of higher-acuity, more complex procedures out of the hospital and into ambulatory surgery centers keeps accelerating, driven by advances in minimally invasive technique, anesthesia and robotics. But leaders say that growth is only sustainable if reimbursement, workforce and…
Dan Tasset stepped back into the CEO role at Leawood, Kan.-based NueHealth this month, several years after stepping away from managing the company he founded in 1997 to spend time studying where healthcare was headed. He came back to NueHealth…
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For most of the past decade, health systems have treated a bigger salary offer as the surest way to win a physician search, but ew survey data suggests that approach is running into a ceiling physicians themselves are setting. CHG…
ASC leaders’ approaches vary with respect to the functions they outsource and those they keep local, with the split coming down to what can be standardized and what cannot. Megan Friedman, DO, anesthesiologist and director of Pacific Coast Anesthesia Consultants…
Washington is banning nearly all noncompete agreements starting June 30, 2027 — a shift attorneys say healthcare employers should not ignore, according to a legal analysis published by law firm Seyfarth Shaw July 9. Gov. Bob Ferguson signed House Bill…
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…
For some physicians, ASC ownership has been thought of as a simple investment in which their main responsibilities include investing capital, completing the work and collecting a distribution. While that model does exist, some ASC leaders say it rarely works…