A cardiologist who sued UPMC alleging retaliation after reporting an alleged conflict of interest involving the health system’s CEO has agreed to dismiss his lawsuit, with UPMC stating no money or ...

A Memphis gynecologic oncologist has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for using dirty, reused medical devices on more than 15,000 women during hysteroscopy procedures and billing Medicare and ...

The fight over how long anesthesia can run during surgery has produced a fragmented regulatory landscape featuring a patchwork of state bans, proposed bills and active payer policies that vary across ...

On July 7, CMS released its proposed rule updating the 2027 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center payment system, including key changes for gastroenterology ...

The anesthesia workforce, especially certified registered nurse anesthetists, has been facing an uphill battle in recent months amid new restrictions on federal student loan borrowing and repayment ...

Payer consolidation has accelerated to a pace that most ASC administrators did not build into their contracting assumptions. Cigna sold its Medicare Advantage business to Health Care Service Corp. in ...

New Jersey lawmakers in 2025 rewrote the rules for how ASCs are taxed, and the model is drawing attention from other states facing similar Medicaid funding pressures. Healthcare attorneys say the ...

New York City-based Weill Cornell Medicine has named Timothy R. Donahue, MD, chair of its Department of Surgery and surgeon-in-chief at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, effective ...

Health systems, payers and private equity platforms are all still competing for GI assets, and the last 18 months show consolidation moving in multiple directions at once: mega-platforms getting ...

CMS wants to send even more surgical volume ASCs’ way — and some leaders think their case lists are about to grow relatively quickly. The agency proposed a rule July 2 that would revise Medicare ...

ASC leaders warn a proposed CMS rule aimed at rooting out Medicare fraud could have an unintended consequence, leading them to lose enrollment because of where they operate. Tucked inside the CY 2027 ...

The Justice Department announced its 2026 National Health Care Fraud Takedown on June 23, charging 455 defendants, including 90 physicians and other licensed medical professionals, in schemes ...