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Personal healthcare cost increase by region from 1991-2020
The average annual cost of personal healthcare expenditures by region grew everywhere in the U.S. since 1991, with the Rocky Mountain region seeing the highest annual increase rate on average according to data from the CMS.
Employed physician salary: 13 stats
Medscape’s 2022 “Employed Physicians Report” surveyed more than 1,350 physicians employed by healthcare organizations, hospitals, large group practices, clinics or other medical groups about their jobs.
Michigan physician who tried fleeing to Mexico gets 4 years prison
Dearborn, Mich.-based physician Tete Oniango, MD, was sentenced to four years in prison after prescribing 12,500 opioid pills to patients without medical reasoning, M Live reported Sept. 15.
The downsides to the No Surprises Act’s dispute resolution process
The No Surprises Act was designed to remove the costs of out-of-network providers as a barrier to patient care, but its independent dispute process has been an obstacle, Tony Mira, CEO of Anesthesia Business Consultants, wrote in an August blog post.&n…
Waud Capital sells controlling ownership stake in GI Alliance
Waud Capital Partners LLC. has sold its controlling ownership stake in the nation’s largest GI practice management company, GI Alliance.
Ryan Reynolds, Rob McElhenney get colonoscopies on camera
Actors Ryan Reynolds and Rob McElhenney recorded themselves receiving colonoscopies to raise awareness of increasing colon cancer diagnoses among people younger than 50, CNN reported Sept. 14.
17 hospitals ranked top 25 gastroenterology hospitals 3+ years in a row
Every year, U.S. News & World Report releases a ranking of the top hospitals for gastroenterology worldwide. In 2021, 2022 and 2023, a total of 17 hospitals were ranked in the top 25 for all three years.
Private equity boom: 5 moves for ASC leaders to know
Here are five private equity moves to know since Sept. 2:
Texas physician accused of tampering with IV bag at ASC arrested
Anesthesiologist Raynaldo Rivera Ortiz Jr., MD, was arrested Sept. 14 on a federal warrant amid an ongoing investigation into whether he tampered with IV bags at Baylor Scott & White Surgicare North Dallas.
Houston physician to pay $240K for claims of banking late mother’s retirement
Henry Zaleski, MD, is paying $240,000 to settle charges alleging he collected retirement benefit payments intended for his deceased mother, the Justice Department said Sept. 14.
