Category: ASC News

In December, CMS submitted a 134-page proposal designed to improve prior authorizations for Medicare and Medicaid patients through automating the process and improving workflows. 

Medscape surveyed 10,011 physicians for its 2023 “Physician Compensation Report” on their experiences.

Two ASC administrators joined Becker’s to share how they have adapted their management approaches to keep costs down.

Here are three updates where states have punished physicians by suspending or restricting their medical licenses, as covered by Becker’s since April 28:

Washington, D.C., has been named the worst place for physicians to practice in for 2023, based on data from Medscape’s “Best & Worst Places to Practice” report, released on May 18. 

Idaho has been named the top state for physicians to practice in for 2023, based on data from Medscape’s “Best & Worst Places to Practice” report, released on May 18. 

A bill known as the Health Care Practitioner Titles and Designations bill is headed to the desk of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis this week, according to a May 16 report from ABC affiliate WPBF. 

Denver-based HealthOne, an affiliate of Nashville, Tenn-based HCA Healthcare, has been named one of the top workplaces in the area for 2023 by The Denver Post. 

CVS Health is dominating the retail clinic space, accounting for 63 percent of the market’s clinics, according to a May 18 blog post from Definitive Healthcare.

Tennessee has enacted a law that will create a medical position called “graduate physicians,” also known as assistant physicians, Cato Institute reported May 17.