As of Jan. 1, Medicare is paying physicians almost 3% less than last year for services provided to the country’s 66 million Medicare patients. The decreased payments aren’t a surprise or anything new, as CMS, by law, must keep physician payments budget…
Celina Holson has been appointed COO of HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast in Pasadena, Texas, effective Feb. 3.
Victor Jaffe, DO, has been named chief medical officer at HCA Florida Northwest Hospital in Margate.
Gastroenterology physicians are grappling with significant financial pressures as declining reimbursement rates fail to keep pace with the rising costs of medical practice
Private equity is playing an increasingly large role in healthcare specialties nationwide, including gastroenterology.
Alice Pope began her health system CFO career at an organization with less than $1 billion in revenue. Today, she is CFO of Novant Health, a Winston-Salem, N.C.-based health system that exceeded $10 billion in revenue in 2024, with plans to grow into a…
Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based St. Luke’s Hospital is adding Medtronic’s GI Genius module, according to a Feb. 3 report from CBS affiliate KGAN.
A man from Stoughton, Mass., has pleaded guilty to impersonating physicians to illegally obtain and sell prescription drugs, according to a Feb. 4 news release from the Justice Department.
Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Broward Health has ended its long-term relationship with contracted anesthesia group Anesco, according to a Feb. 4 report from the South Florida Sun Sentinel.
The National Council of State Boards of Nursing is working on national recommendations to remove invasive mental health questions from nursing licensure applications, Medscape reported Feb. 5.
