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States ranked by medical malpractice statute of limitations
Maryland has the longest statute of limitations for medical malpractice lawsuits, at five years after the occurrence of the injury, according to a Nov. 18 report from Forbes.
CRNA pay: 5 stats to know
Certified registered nurse anesthetists consistently outearn their advanced practice peers, according to Medscape’s “APRN Compensation Report 2022,” released Nov. 11.
Why anesthesia practices are struggling to collect payments
Anesthesia practices collecting patient payments is becoming increasingly difficult, Tony Mira, CEO of MiraMed Global, wrote in a Nov. 1 blog post.
Working in healthcare ‘tenuous at present,’ CEO says
Craig Sarine, CEO of University Surgical Associates in Chattanooga, Tenn., joined Becker’s to discuss what he wishes his co-workers knew about his job and the migration of procedures to the outpatient setting.
Virginia physician to pay $3.1M to settle kickback allegations
Alexandria, Va.-based orthopedic surgeon Thomas Raley, MD, will pay $3.1 million and has been sentenced to three years in prison for referring drug prescriptions in return for illegal kickback payments, the Justice Department said Nov. 18.
Medical malpractice reports by state in 2022
California had the most adverse action and medical malpractice payment reports in 2022, according to data from the National Practitioner Data Bank collected from Jan. 1 to June 30.
Majority of spine patients who fear contracting COVID-19 prefer ASC surgical procedures
Over half of spine surgery patients (56.4 percent) who still have a high fear of contracting COVID-19 prefer to undergo procedures at ASCs versus hospital settings according to a Nov. 18 study published in Cureus, a peer-reviewed medical journal.
USA Health receives approval for 28K-square-foot Alabama ASC
USA Health has received state review board approval to build a 28,000-square-foot ASC on its Mobile, Ala.-campus according to a Nov. 21 report from Fox10 News.
Woolfson Eye Institute to open new Georgia office
Atlanta-based Woolfson Eye Institute will open a new office in Marietta, Ga., this month that will be run by LASIK specialist and institute founder Jonathan Woolfson, MD.
Atrium Health gains approval for $30.13M North Carolina ASC
Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist has received regulatory approval to open a $30.13 million ASC in Greensboro, N.C., according to a Nov. 18 report from the Winston-Salem Journal.
