Edison, N.J.-based Redefine Healthcare performed the world’s first robotic-assisted spine surgery in an ASC using the eCential Robotics platform. Neurosurgeon David Wells-Roth, MD, completed the ...

Maury Regional Medical Group added Middle Tennessee Ear, Nose & Throat Specialists to its physician network, according to an April press release. The practice will operate as MRMG Ear, Nose & Throat ...

A physician in Newark, Del., has agreed to pay $180,000 to resolve False Claims Act allegations relating to fraudulent genetic testing.  Between April and November 2019, Shayasta Mufti, MD, ordered ...

Virginia has enacted a law expanding limits on noncompete agreements for certain employees, law firm Holland & Knight reported April 27.. The law, SB 170, bars enforcement of noncompete agreements for ...

Philadelphia-based Jefferson Health has been awarded a $1.7 million federal grant from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute to expand hypertension control efforts across its primary care ...

In 2024, 1.8% of physicians were sued in the previous year, down from 2.3% in 2016 and a peak of 7.4% annually between 1991 and 2005, according to research from the American Medical Association. The ...

In an updated analysis of a 2020 report, “Reducing Medicare Costs by Migrating Volume from Hospital Outpatient Departments to Ambulatory Surgery Centers,” the Ambulatory Surgery Center Association ...

GLP-1’s drugs continue to expand horizons in gastroenterology, bariatrics, diabetes and chronic disease care — but the scale of the drugs’ adoption could be creating new areas of risk management for ...

Dental sedation is emerging as a significant opportunity for anesthesia leaders, particularly certified registered nurse anesthetists, according to Jeff Tieder, MSN, CRNA, clinical assistant professor ...

Court proceedings are underway in the first lawsuit involving Oregon’s new healthcare consolidation law. The case is related to a staffing contract switch involving Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth, ...

A federal court has authorized the seizure of more than $2 million from a Pasadena, Calif.-based wound care clinic accused of submitting tens of millions of dollars in fraudulent Medicare claims for ...

Physician net worth is climbing, with the share of physicians worth $5 million or more nearly doubling since 2023, but beneath that number, significant gaps persist across gender and race, according ...