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As health systems widen the reach of the physician groups they own, the executives running those groups are seeing their pay rise, with incentive pay doing most of the lifting. Median total cash compensation for presidents and CEOs of health…

Ophthalmology Limited has finished renovating and expanding its eye surgery center in Sioux Falls, S.D.. SiouxFalls.Business reported Oct. 15.   The finished center has four operating rooms and offers two new specialty services. The project was done in two phases. Earlier…

Allegheny Health Network appointed Nipun Merchant, MD, as chair of its department of surgery and its first surgeon-in-chief, effective February 2027. Dr. Merchant will oversee surgical services across the network’s hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers, according to an Oct. 14…

Nearly 1 in 3 outpatient endoscopies at Cleveland Clinic’s academic center are canceled at the last minute or end as no-shows. Data from academic endoscopy units shows how to bring that number down. In a retrospective study of more than…

As more complex procedures migrate from hospitals to ambulatory surgery centers, advanced therapeutic endoscopy is emerging as a potential next frontier. But bringing these procedures into the outpatient setting requires more than new equipment or additional operating room time. Anesthesia…

The University of Kentucky Gill Heart & Vascular Institute Affiliate Network has added two new partners in Kentucky.  Maysville, Ky.-based Meadowview Regional Medical Center and Flemingsburg, Ky.-based Fleming County Hospital joined the network, providing them with direct access to cardiovascular…

CMS now has the power to remove physicians and facilities from federal healthcare programs. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. delegated permissive exclusion authority to the CMS administrator, effective immediately, according to a notice published in the Federal Register Oct.…

As ASC leaders wait for CMS to release its final 2027 outpatient payment rule, expected in the coming weeks, many are focused on whether the agency will change course on reimbursement. The proposed rule, released July 2, includes a 2.4%…