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Advanced Pain Care opens new ASC
Round Rock, Texas-based Advanced Pain Care has opened an ASC in Killeen, Texas, according to an Oct. 13 report from the Killeen Daily Herald.
San Diego physician, practice to pay $3.8M for false claims allegations
A San Diego physician and her medical practice have agreed to pay $3.8 million to settle allegations they knowingly submitted false claims to Medicare and TriCare.
Tufts physician sues hospital after COVID vaccine firing
A former physician at Tufts Medical Center in Boston is suing her former employer, alleging she was wrongfully terminated after she refused the COVID-19 vaccine, The Boston Globe reported Oct. 10.
How Medicare Advantage weighs on ASCs, physicians and hospitals
ASCs, physicians and hospitals alike have struggled with declining reimbursements, patient care issues and administrative burdens associated with Medicare Advantage plans — pushing some to drop the program entirely.
Baxter Health adds interventional cardiologist
Interventional cardiologist Zaid Alirhayim, MD, has joined the Baxter Health Cardiovascular Clinic.
The 10 most frequent malpractice-related allegations
The most frequent cause of medical malpractice allegations against physicians is a failure to diagnose patients or a delay of diagnosis, according to Medscape’s “The Rising Price of Risk Management: Physicians and Malpractice Report 2024,” published Oc…
Texas' gold card law: 5 things to know
Ezequiel Silva, MD, a radiologist at San Antonio-based South Texas Radiology Group and chair of the Texas Medical Association’s Council on Legislation sat down with the American Medical Association to discuss Texas’ gold card law and its impact on the …
Tennessee anesthesiologist shortage spurs CRNA debate
Lawmakers in Tennessee are once again pushing to expand the scope of responsibility for CRNAs in the state amid an anesthesia provider shortage, according to an Oct. 10 report from WKRN.com.
7 ways to discourage malpractice lawsuits
Among physicians surveyed in Medscape’s “The Rising Price of Risk Management: Physicians and Malpractice Report 2024,” published Oct. 11, 53% believe that improving physician communication with patients is the best way to discourage malpractice lawsuit…
Annual malpractice premium costs for employed, self-employed physicians
Malpractice premiums are on the rise nationwide, according to Medscape’s “The Rising Price of Risk Management: Physicians and Malpractice Report 2024,” published Oct. 11.
