Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare has closed its Asheville (N.C.) Specialty Hospital, a long-term acute care hospital owned by Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Health. Here are five things to know ...

A Philadelphia jury awarded $6.8 million to the descendants of a patient who died from an allegedly botched liver procedure, The Legal Intelligencer reported Nov. 26.

ASCs are facing a trifecta of pay issues — anesthesia stipends, rising expenses and stagnant reimbursements.

Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente is a major employer of physicians that continues to make significant plays in the ASC space. Here are five numbers highlighting Kaiser's physician workforce: 1.

Becker's has reported on five multimillion-dollar Stark law penalties in 2024: 1. A Denton, Texas-based medical center paid $14.2 million to settle alleged violations of Stark law and Medicare ...

President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Mehmet Oz, MD, as CMS administrator, and six leaders joined Becker's to discuss what this could mean for physicians. Question: What could President-elect ...

According to a cease-and-desist letter the publication received from the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies, the state's medical board found that the clinics were not owned by a licensed ...

Family medicine physician Kristen Clark, MD, is closing her practice, Ellicott City, Md.-based Well Being Medical Care, part of Privia Health, Dec. 4. Current patients can get records via portal ...

The American Society of Anesthesiologists has strongly opposed the new policy.

On Nov. 22, Salem (Ore.) Health filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit that alleged its efforts to expand heart care in the area is an unlawful attempt to build a monopoly, Salem Reporter reported Nov.

On Nov. 1, CMS finalized a 2.83% physician pay cut in its 2025 Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System. The physician fee schedule ...

Medtronic has inked a three-year contract with the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs for GI Genius, leading to nearly 100 additional units being installed across VA medical centers. GI Genius is an ...