Today's Top 20 Stories

  1. Hurricane Beryl shutters outpatient facilities

    Ariana Portalatin -
    Several Texas hospitals have temporarily closed outpatient services in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl, The Houston Chronicle reported July 9. 

  2. The 'catch 22' of solving the anesthesia shortage

    Patsy Newitt -
    Anesthesia provider shortages are plaguing the industry, forcing ASCs and hospitals, particularly in rural areas, to rethink their strategies.

  3. Sanford cuts ribbon on 5-story GI facility

    Claire Wallace -
    Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health has completed a five-story medical office building dedicated to digestive health, according to a July 9 report from the Argus Leader.

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  1. CMS' missed opportunity to mitigate the anesthesiologist shortage

    Patsy Newitt -
    CMS' rural pass-through program was created to incentivize certified registered nurse anesthetists and anesthesiologist assistants to work for small rural hospitals — but some leaders feel physicians should be included, too. 

  2. California building with Sutter Health ASC doubles in price

    Claire Wallace -
    A four-story medical office building has sold in East Sacramento, Calif., doubling in price in just 13 years, according to a July 8 report from the Sacramento Business Journal.

  3. FedEx secures $500M in healthcare agreements and 5 more supply chain updates

    Claire Wallace -
    Here are the supply chain updates ASC leaders need to know this week.

  4. USA Health Cardiology relocates, grows care team

    Claire Wallace -
    Mobile, Ala.-based USA Health Cardiology has relocated from its existing facility in Dauphin, Ala., to a new physician office building that opened to patients July 1. 

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  1. 5 physician practice closures in 1 year

    Patsy Newitt -
    Here are five physician practice closures Becker's has reported on in the last year:

  2. Healthcare billionaire's net worth shoots up following Eli Lilly GI acquisition

    Claire Wallace -
    Healthcare billionaire Timothy Springer, PhD, a founding investor in Moderna and a professor of biochemistry at Boston-based Harvard Medical School, is about to see nine-digit growth of his net worth thanks to a new acquisition from pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly. 

  3. The smartest move anesthesiologists have made all year

    Patsy Newitt -
    From joining state organizations to pushing procedures to the ASC setting, three anesthesiologists joined Becker's to discuss the smartest move they've made in the last year.

  4. North Carolina practice files fraud suit alleging physician tried to 'destroy' it

    Patsy Newitt -
    Greenville-based Quasar Family Medicine North Carolina has filed a complaint that its lead physician concealed his drug overprescription and fraudulent billing to push the sale of his practice to another physician and then turn patients against the new owner. 

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  1. Who's doing more surgeries in 2024?

    Paige Haeffele -
    HCA Healthcare, SCA Health, Surgery Partners and United Surgical Partners International held a total of about 18% of the ASC market in the U.S. at the end of 2023 — but are they growing in terms of surgical volumes?

  2. 50% of US counties lack practicing cardiologists: Study

    Claire Wallace -
    Approximately 22 million Americans need to travel almost 90 miles round trip to seek specialty cardiology care, according to a recent study published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 

  3. What Surgery Partners has done in 2024

    Paige Haeffele -
    Brentwood, Tenn.-based ASC operator Surgery Partners has established itself as a leader of the outpatient surgery market and is the third-largest ASC operator in the U.S.

  4. Eli Lilly strengthens GI focus through $3.2B acquisition

    Claire Wallace -
    Pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly plans to acquire Morphic, a biopharmaceutical company that specializes in treating gastroenterology patients, for $3.2 billion. 

  5. How ophthalmologist salaries have kept up with inflation

    Cameron Cortigiano -
    Ophthalmologists earned a mean annual wage of $312,120 in 2023, an increase of more than $46,000 from the average annual wage the profession earned in 2022, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

  6. Federal government challenges part-time physician noncompetes : 5 things to know

    Patsy Newitt -
    The federal government is targeting New York City-based Mount Sinai Health System's inclusion of noncompete clauses in contracts for part-time physicians in a June 18 complaint filed with the National Labor Relations Board. 

  7. Meet the leaders of the 8 best hospitals in Florida for cardiac care

    Cameron Cortigiano -
    Healthgrades recently released its rankings for the best hospitals in the U.S. for cardiac care, including eight in Florida.

  8. Michigan physician, staffers accused of illegal prescription, healthcare fraud

    Patsy Newitt -
    A physician with a St. Louis office and two employees have been accused of illegally prescribing controlled substances and healthcare fraud.

  9. 2 medtech companies partner on AI-assisted colonoscopy platform

    Claire Wallace -
    Medtech company Insign Medical Technology and artificial intelligence company AAEON have partnered to develop an AI-assisted endoscopy system. 

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