Former VillageMD CEO Tim Barry has stepped down. 

President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Mehmet Oz, MD, as CMS administrator, and six leaders joined Becker's to discuss what this could mean for physicians. 

Forty-one senators have inked a letter to Congress to prevent the 2.83% Medicare physician pay cut that will take effect Jan. 1. 

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is considering an overhaul of Medicare's physician payment model. 

President-elect Donald Trump has nominated David Weldon, MD, who has been a medical doctor for 40 years and an Army veteran, as the director pick for the Center for Disease Control. 

President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Janette Nesheiwat, MD, a double board-certified physician, to serve as surgeon general.

President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Marty Makary, MD, a pancreatic surgeon at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, as commissioner of the FDA, NBC News reported Nov. 22. 

The global ASC market is projected to hit $130.6 billion by 2031, increasing at a 3.9 percent compound annual growth rate, and seven ASC leaders joined Becker's to discuss emerging opportunities that will continue to fuel growth. 

Nine ASC leaders joined Becker's to discuss the financial issues pressuring ASCs. 

Prospective CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz, MD, has been a major supporter of Medicare Advantage, while Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for HHS secretary, does not have clear public views on Medicare and Medicaid.

Facing declining physician reimbursement rates and soaring inflation, private practices face mounting challenges heading into 2025.

From emergent technologies and changing market dynamics to an aging population, a slew of trends could shape ASCs' survival and growth over the next five years.

Physician turnover is at an all time low at Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health, the American Medical Association reported Nov. 15. 

As an increasing percentage of surgeries take place within ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs), it is critical for ASC management teams to sustainably serve higher patient volumes. ASCs have faced an uphill battle against rising costs, declining reimbursements, and ongoing staffing shortages. Executives often turn to anesthesia management companies to alleviate these challenges. However, if not managed properly, these partnerships can introduce a new slate of issues, including a lack of transparency, stifled innovation, and operational unpredictability.

As a healthcare professional, you chose your career to care for patients, but as your role has evolved, so have your responsibilities.

President-elect Donald Trump has nominated Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as secretary of Health and Human Services, and six leaders joined Becker's to discuss what this could mean for physicians. 

President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Mehmet Oz, MD, as his nominee for administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. 

Advanced practice registered nurses who work on the Pacific Coast, including Alaska or Hawaii, receive the highest average annual compensation, according to Medscape's 2024 APRN compensation report published Nov. 14. 

During a featured session at Becker's 30th Annual meeting: The Business & Operations of ASCs, Brett Spark, president and cofounder of Aroris Health — a payer contract optimization firm — discussed the complexities of healthcare reimbursement and payer-provider relationships.

Physicians employed in hospital-owned practices are nearly three times more likely to report dissatisfaction than their peers in physician-owned practices, according to Bain & Company’s Frontline of Healthcare Survey, featured in an October blog post.