Beginning in January 2025, the Outpatient and Ambulatory Surgery Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems will be mandatory for ASCs and HOPDs. The new survey from CMS will gauge ...

Physician groups were also a major target of PE investment in 2021 when buying boomed at 317 recorded acquisitions. But some predict that the relative slowdown of PE activity in the healthcare space ...

8. The role of nurse practitioner was named the best job in healthcare by U.S. News & World Report for 2024. It also was named the best job to have overall, with a median salary of $121,610 and an ...

Discover the latest developments in Texas with five new ASCs and outpatient surgery centers opening or in the works, as reported by Becker's since Sept. 6.

Grand Blanc, Mich.-based McLaren Health Care has established a heart and vascular institute to unify its 13 hospital-based cardiology, vascular, and cardiothoracic services and cardiovascular ...

1. For Medicare-certified ASCs and physician groups with 25 or more physicians, the minimum wage will be $21 an hour when the law goes into effect. 2. From July 1, 2026, to June 30, 2028, the minimum ...

Inflation has had serious effects across all aspects of the U.S. economy, and healthcare is no different. While healthcare prices typically outpace the growth of other goods and services, prices began ...

While AI enhances certain predictive analytics, the risk of over-reliance on the technology could lead to incorrect diagnosis and the erosion of the physician-patient relationship, according to Sarah ...

Consolidation can also lead to increased costs for patients. The vertical integration of physician groups and health systems is resulting in a push of procedures to HOPDs over ASCs, driving Medicare ...

In 2021, an advisory panel lowered the recommended age for when people should begin colon cancer screenings from 50 to 45, and according to a new study, patients are complying with the change.

East Setauket, N.Y.-based Three Village Medical Care, owned by Siva Kolupoti, MD, has joined Stony Brook (N.Y.) Medicine Community Medical Group, TBR News Media reported Oct. 14. Stony Brook Medicine ...

San Ramon, Calif.-based Hill Physician Medical Group is expanding its physician network by partnering with Kentfield, Calif.-based Marin Health and University of California San Francisco Health, The ...