Privately held anesthesia services firm Somnia has been ordered by a federal judge to pay $2.4 million in a class action lawsuit following a 2022 data breach, according to an April 30 report from the ...

Alpharetta, Ga.-based Premier Anesthesia has forged a new partnership with four facilities in Gallipolis, Ohio-based Holzer Health System. According to an April 30 news release, the partnership ...

Patrick Conway, MD, CEO of Optum Rx, has been named CEO of Optum, the healthcare services arm of UnitedHealth Group and parent company of ASC chain SCA Health, effective May 6. Here are five things to ...

Nags Head, N.C.-based Outer Banks Health is opening a cardiology practice in May.  With Eastern Carolina Cardiovascular, which is located in OBH’s medical office building, set to close, patients will ...

Nashville, Tenn.-based Tenet Healthcare, the parent company of ASC giant United Surgical Partners International, is planning to invest at least $250 million annually in mergers and acquisitions in the ...

Here are hospitals, health systems and physician practices that have announced layoffs in April, as reported by Becker’s: 1. CVS Health will lay off 55 employees who report to Aetna’s headquarters in ...

Vance Chunn, CEO of Mobile, Ala.-based Cardiology Associates, told Becker’s that while cardiology’s shift to outpatient is inevitable, it still has a years-long trajectory. Here’s the timeline Mr.

A new report from Jackson Physician Search and LocumTenens.com found a sobering reality about the state of medicine — only 21% of physicians would recommend a career in medicine to young people, and ...

Anesthesia coverage has become one of the most pressing issues facing ASCs today. As provider shortages worsen and reimbursement rates fail to keep pace with rising costs, many ASC leaders are ...

Healthcare is seeing a surge in entities pursuing opportunities arising from the transition from fee-for-service to value-based models, according to VMG Health’s 2025 Healthcare M&A Report, released ...

National Nurses United has issued a statement reaffirming its support for the Medicare for All Act. The bill was reintroduced in Congress on April 29 by Democratic Sen. Bernie Sanders and Democratic ...

Sixty-two percent of physicians think that the profession is underpaid, according to Medscape’s 2025 “Physician Compensation Report,” published April 11. Medscape surveyed 7,322 physicians who ...