A physician in Newark, Del., has agreed to pay $180,000 to resolve False Claims Act allegations relating to fraudulent genetic testing.  Between April and November 2019, Shayasta Mufti, MD, ordered ...

Maury Regional Medical Group added Middle Tennessee Ear, Nose & Throat Specialists to its physician network, according to an April press release. The practice will operate as MRMG Ear, Nose & Throat ...

Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health has been awarded a $1.7 million federal grant from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute to expand hypertension control efforts across its primary care ...

Edison, N.J.-based Redefine Healthcare performed the world’s first robotic-assisted spine surgery in an ASC using the eCential Robotics platform. Neurosurgeon David Wells-Roth, MD, completed the ...

Virginia has enacted a law expanding limits on noncompete agreements for certain employees, law firm Holland & Knight reported April 27.. The law, SB 170, bars enforcement of noncompete agreements for ...

Court proceedings are underway in the first lawsuit involving Oregon’s new healthcare consolidation law. The case is related to a staffing contract switch involving Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth, ...

In 2024, 1.8% of physicians were sued in the previous year, down from 2.3% in 2016 and a peak of 7.4% annually between 1991 and 2005, according to research from the American Medical Association. The ...

In an updated analysis of a 2020 report, “Reducing Medicare Costs by Migrating Volume from Hospital Outpatient Departments to Ambulatory Surgery Centers,” the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association ...

GLP-1’s drugs continue to expand horizons in gastroenterology, bariatrics, diabetes and chronic disease care — but the scale of the drugs’ adoption could be creating new areas of risk management for ...

Dental sedation is emerging as a significant opportunity for anesthesia leaders, particularly certified registered nurse anesthetists, according to Jeff Tieder, MSN, CRNA, clinical assistant professor ...

As ASCs nationwide grapple with sicker patients, anesthesia shortages and the operational complexity of rapid growth, leaders ...

From assumptions about surgical volume to the role of anesthesiologists, ASC leaders discuss ideas they’ve unlearned in recent years. Note: These responses were lightly edited for clarity. Question: ...