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Author: Patsy Newitt Becker’s ASC Review Stark law enforcement has never been more active. Here are 10 numbers that capture where the law stands, what it costs and where it is heading: $6.8 billion. The Department of Justice’s 2025 year-end report shows a record $6.8 billion recovered under the False Claims Act, the highest annual total in the statute’s […]
Read MoreAnesthesia Experts is expanding into Columbia, and we are building what we believe will become one of the strongest anesthesia teams in the region. We are currently recruiting both CRNAs and anesthesiologists for full-time and locums positions within a brand-new anesthesia care team model at one of Middle Tennessee’s growing hospitals. This is not a […]
Read MoreAuthor: Francesca Mathewes Becker’s ASC Review Ohio will move from a physician supervision model to a collaborative care model for certified registered nurse anesthetists under House Bill 52, which took effect June 9, NBC affiliate WKYC reported June 10. The law allows physicians, dentists and podiatrists to serve as collaborating providers for CRNAs, replacing decades-old regulations that required direct physician supervision. […]
Read MoreAuthor: Mackenzie Bean Becker’s Hospital Review The word “provider” has become a contested term in American medicine, and the pushback is intensifying. In February, the American College of Physicians published a policy paper in Annals of Internal Medicine, arguing that referring to physicians as “providers” is not just imprecise but an ethical problem. The ACP’s Ethics, Professionalism and Human […]
Read MoreAuthor: Patsy Newitt Becker’s ASC Review Anesthesia providers are caught between rising compensation expectations and a payer environment that keeps narrowing what they can collect. For ASCs, the math is getting harder to ignore. Here are 10 numbers illustrating the crisis: $20.44. The CMS anesthesia conversion factor fell to $20.44 per unit in 2024, down from $22.27 per unit […]
Read MoreAuthor: Francesca Mathewes Becker’s ASC Review HHS, CMS and the departments of Labor and Treasury finalized a rule May 28 overhauling the No Surprises Act’s independent dispute resolution process, instituting several changes aimed at increasing efficiency and transparency in a process that has been criticized by many physicians and healthcare leaders. The rule formalizes the 30-business-day open negotiation period that […]
Read MoreAuthor: Ella Jeffries Becker’s Hospital Review Active drug shortages fell 23% in 2025, but shortages are lasting longer than ever, according to U.S. Pharmacopeia’s 2025 Annual Drug Shortages Report. Here is what health system pharmacy leaders need to know: Median shortage duration climbed to five years in 2025, up from 4.3 years in 2024 and just two […]
Read MoreAnesthesia Experts is expanding into Columbia, and we are building what we believe will become one of the strongest anesthesia teams in the region. We are currently recruiting both CRNAs and anesthesiologists for full-time and locums positions within a brand-new anesthesia care team model at one of Middle Tennessee’s growing hospitals. This is not a […]
Read MoreAuthors: Lei G et al. Source: International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia. Published May 17, 2026. Summary: This randomized clinical trial studied whether high-flow nasal oxygen improves fetal acid-base status during elective cesarean delivery under combined spinal-epidural anesthesia. The concern behind the study is that oxygen is commonly given to mothers during cesarean delivery, but the […]
Read MoreAuthor: Francesca Mathewes Becker’s ASC Review The operating room minute is often thought of as the most expensive unit in healthcare (link), and ongoing workforce shortages in anesthesia have pushed OR-staffing and coordination issues to the center of ASCs’ struggles. Leaders have told Becker’s that the true cost of misalignment between ASCs and their anesthesia provider teams can extend beyond […]
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