Stafford, Conn.-based Johnson Memorial Hospital is opening a new ASC at its Enfield, Conn., campus, according to a June 25 report from the Stamford Advocate. While the ASC was originally intended to be partially owned by local physicians, it will now be wholly owned by Hartford, Conn.-based Trinity Health of New England, according to the […]
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Here are eight updates on healthcare union efforts in June, as reported by Becker’s: 1. The International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local Union 30 filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board to become the union representation for a group of workers at Allegheny Health Network’s United Physicians’ office in New Kensington, Pa. 2. Two […]
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Here are five recent statistics and data points that illustrate the mounting pressures facing anesthesiologists: 1. Anesthesiologists have the highest intent to leave their roles out of all physician specialists, with 40.6% expressing interest in leaving their current jobs within the next two years, according to a June 24 report from the American Medical Association. […]
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Gabor Racz, MD, a Hungarian-born anesthesiologist, died at 88 in Dallas on June 23, according to a June 25 obituary published by Lubbock Online. Dr. Racz fled his home country as a young medical student during the 1956 Hungarian Revolution and became a “pioneer” in pain medicine, co-founding the World Institute of Pain. He brought […]
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Columbus, Ohio-based physician was sentenced to 24 months in prison for a $1.5 million Medicaid fraud scheme, the Ohio Attorney General said in a June 25 news release. What happened?
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A new expert consensus statement issued by the American College of Cardiology said that cardiologists should “embrace” new weight-loss medications for patients with obesity, TCTMD reported June 25. Here are 10 takeaways from the report: 1. The experts said that, while lifestyle changes are the “foundation” of obesity management, failure of patients to fully implement […]
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Here are five major GI developments Becker’s has covered in 1 month:
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Amit Patel, MD, a gastroenterologist with the Evanston-based GI Alliance of Illinois, spoke with Becker’s about one of the most disruptive trends affecting physicians today: shrinking reimbursement rates paired with rising practice expenses. Dr. Amit Patel: The most disruptive trend for physicians is the decrease in reimbursement coupled with the increasing expenses. It is particularly […]
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Sacramento, Calif.-based UC Davis Health has cut the ribbon on its 48X Complex, one of the largest outpatient surgery centers in the nation. The four-story, 268,000-square-foot, $589 million facility will see its first patients July 1, according to a June 25 news release. The facility is expected to generate 550 new jobs in the area. […]
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A study at Chicago-based Rush University Medical Center that begins in July aims to determine the usability of connecting Medtronic’s GI Genius endoscopy module with Apple Vision Pro. Cosmo Pharmaceuticals developed the medical device software application to enable physicians to visualize AI-generated insights from the GI Genius module directly through Apple Vision Pro, enabling physicians […]
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