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Rhode Island physician group to close
Providence, R.I.-based Anchor Medical Associates will close all three of its offices by June 30. According to an April 7 statement on the practice’s website, AMS will first close its Warwick (R.I.) Pediatric/Adult Medicine office, effective April 30. The other two office closures will follow by June 30. “The decision to close our practices has […]
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How ASCs can flip the script on anesthesia challenges
Scott Mayer, CEO of Rosemont, Ill.-based Ambulatory Anesthesia Care, recently joined Becker’s to discuss the way that his organization is supporting ASCs in finding creative solutions to the industry’s most persistent challenges. Anesthesia care coordination A shortage of anesthesia providers continues to be an obstacle in healthcare as demand for surgical procedures increases with an […]
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Trump administration takes on healthcare market competition: 5 notes
The Justice Department launched an anticompetitive regulations task force March 27 with the goal of identifying and eliminating federal and state regulations surrounding market competition, including in healthcare. Here are five notes on the initiative: 1. The initiative will operate within the department’s antitrust division and expand ongoing efforts to combat policies that the administration […]
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Top paying workplaces for cardiologists
Here are the top three paying workplaces for cardiologists, according to 2024 data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, published April 2. The bureau released updated annual mean wage compensation data to reflect May 2024 information, the latest available. 1. Physician offices: $453,430 2. General medicine and surgical hospitals: $399,830 3. Colleges, universities and professional […]
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The rural physician exodus continues
A study published by Avalere and the Physicians Advocacy Institute found that rural areas are quickly losing independent physicians and corporatization in healthcare continues to rise. The study analyzed 52,600 practicing physicians across 30,000 medical practices between Jan. 1, 2019, and Jan. 1, 2024. Here are six takeaways from the study: 1. Rural areas lost […]
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Arkansas hospital purchases $5.6M MOB
Washington Regional Medical Center in Fayetteville, Ark., has purchased a $5.6 million medical office building and 15 acres of land adjacent to its main campus, Arkansas Business reported April 7. The 19,000-square-foot medical office building will house several specialties, including a sleep disorder clinic and wound center. WRMC purchased the property from Surgery Clinic North […]
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Jury sides with anesthesiologist, hospital in wrongful death lawsuit
A jury in St. Louis has sided with Chesterfield, Mo.-based St. Luke’s Hospital and one of its anesthesiologists in a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of a woman who suffered a traumatic brain injury and later died following an April 2023 surgery, Missouri Lawyers Media reported April 2. The patient, Briana Moore, suffered […]
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‘This is not the past’: Anesthesia’s outpatient revolution
As the demand for anesthesia grows alongside the migration of procedures to the outpatient setting, anesthesia leaders are getting creative in the ways they meet the shifting demands of the industry. Scott Mayer, CEO of Rosemont, Ill.-based Ambulatory Anesthesia Associates, recently joined Becker’s to discuss how his organization’s experience in the office-based procedure space is […]
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Texas surgical hospital to pay $2M to settle fraud allegations
Several individuals and medical entities have agreed to pay a total of $3.1 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act. According to an April 2 news release from the Justice Department, East El Paso (Texas) Physicians Medical Center, doing business as Foundation Surgical Hospital of El Paso, agreed to enter a […]
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Top paying state for 5 physician specialties
These are the top-paying states for five physician specialties, according to 2024 data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, published April 2. The bureau released updated compensation data to reflect May 2024 information, the latest available. Anesthesia: Minnesota Cardiology: Indiana Internal medicine: Georgia Ophthalmology (except pediatrics): Ohio Orthopedics (except pediatrics): Wisconsin
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