Talmage Egan, MD, is stepping down from his role as chair of the department of anesthesiology, perioperative and pain medicine at the University of Utah. Dr. Egan has spent more than three decades at the university, including 11 years as…
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The ASC market has become more competitive in recent years as hospitals, health systems and other corporate entities compete for surgical volumes and shift towards value-based care models. At the same time, independent practices have diminished as hospital employment among…
How addressing unnecessary device alarms and managing them away from the bedside can help patients heal and nurses focus Hospital noise levels have skyrocketed since the 1960s, turning patient rooms — especially at night — into spaces of fragmented sleep…
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Most health care organizations struggle with fragmented systems that make it difficult to share patient information and operate efficiently. Optum Health faced this challenge head-on — transforming dozens of standalone EHR systems into a single enterprise platform. This transformation unified…
Mar 25, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM America/Chicago
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Jonathan Cooper
Vice President, Provider Technology Consulting, Optum consulting
Lucas Ladden
Vice President, Practice Innovation, Strategy, and Operations, Optum Health
Physician-owned Pelto Health Partners has launched an ASC platform initiative, expanding its vendor ecosystem to include resources for ASC development and management, according to a Feb. 25 press release. The initiative is designed to allow physicians to navigate the complex…
ASCs have been cropping up across the South in 2026 as hospitals, health systems and other stakeholders look to expand access to surgical services and shift towards value-based care. Here are seven new ASC developments in the South, as reported…
After years of steady migration into hospital employment, some physicians are beginning to reconsider whether the security of a paycheck is worth the trade-offs. For Joshua Siegel, MD, director of orthopaedic sports medicine at Exeter, N.H.-based Access Sports Medicine and…
Physicians are steadily trading independence for employment as financial, regulatory and operational pressures mount across the healthcare landscape. From shrinking reimbursement and rising overhead costs to growing administrative complexity, physicians say the business model of private practice is becoming increasingly…
For years, Russ Arjal, MD, a gastroenterologist and co-founder and chief medical officer of WovenX, watched the same pattern repeat itself in gastroenterology. The specialists were skilled. The care was strong. But patients were still falling through the cracks. The…
Iowa House lawmakers have passed a bill that would prohibit noncompete agreements in employment contracts for physicians employed by the University of Iowa Health Care. The legislation passed the chamber with a 70-19 vote. Representative Ann Meyer, a Republican from…