A former employee of United Surgical Partners International filed a class-action lawsuit on May 22, alleging the ASC company violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act by unlawfully imposing ...

Patients in the U.S. have to wait an average of 32.7 days to see a cardiologist, according to a recent report from AMN Healthcare.  The wait time is an increase of 23% since 2022, when the average ...

Lawrence Kim, MD, has begun his term as 120th president of the American Gastroenterological Association Institute. Dr. Kim is a partner at South Denver Gastroenterology, a 27-physician independent GI ...

The average cost of turnover for a single staff registered nurse increased to $61,110 over the course of 2024, according to the 2025 NSI National Health Care Retention & RN Staffing Report. The report ...

General Hospital North to provide anesthesia services at three TGH North facilities. The anesthesia provider will serve patients at Florida Endoscopy and Surgery Center, TGH Spring Hill Hospital and ...

Six months after a major insurance company withdrew plans for a policy that would have allowed health insurers to place time limits on anesthesia care, a New York State Assembly bill and a New York ...

A Slidell, La., physician has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud in a scheme to bill Medicare for medically unnecessary tests, the Justice Department said in a May 27 news release ...

As of 2023, 75% of certified registered nurse anesthetists reported practicing independently without collaboration from physicians, according to a white paper from Medicus Healthcare Solutions ...

Physician practice owners can earn vastly different salaries depending on several key factors, according to a recent report from Physician’s Thrive. According to the report, independent practice ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis said that he would veto a controversial bill that would allow family members to pursue non-economic damages in malpractice cases, WFSU Public Media reported May 27. Under current law ...

A clause has been added to a New York State assembly bill and a New York Senate bill that would allow health insurers to place time limits on anesthesia care, according to a May 27 news release from ...

Healthcare has seen a slew of proposed policy changes at the federal level in recent months. Here are the 10 most important federal policy updates for ASC leaders and physicians to know since May 1: 1 ...