Denials, audits and delayed payments are accelerating across ASC, and leaders say payer behavior has become more aggressive, automated and less collaborative over the past year. Five ASC executives ...

Relationships across the ASC ecosystem are under growing strain, but ASC leaders say payers are the clear pressure point. Five executives joined Becker’s to discuss how denials, shifting policies and ...

ST. PAUL — The Minnesota Office of the Legislative Auditor says a program run within the Department of Human Services does not have appropriate oversight of funds it is disbursing. The report, ...

A new study has found that anesthesia exposure is associated with long-term metabolic brain changes in people with traumatic brain injury. A link to this article will be included in this email. SAN ...

Brief exposure to inhaled anesthesia does not result in measurable short-term differences in neurodevelopmental outcomes in young children, even when exposure to sevoflurane is reduced, according to a ...

ABSTRACT: Background: Effective ventilation during the induction of anesthesia is crucial for patient safety, yet the comparative effectiveness of mechanical versus manual ventilation techniques ...

The final, formatted version of the article will be published soon. Objective: This study investigated the clinical effects of cricothyroid membrane puncture (CMP) anesthesia surface anesthesia ...

MINNEAPOLIS — A report by the Minneapolis City Auditor found that the city did not violate its separation ordinance during a federal operation on June 3 near Lake Street and Bloomington Avenue in ...

AdventHealth’s Shawnee Mission Medical Center is suing Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City, alleging the insurer improperly withheld more than $2 million in payments by denying hundreds of valid ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — At least five million in Richmond taxpayer dollars were spent on “questionable transactions” over a 5-year period. This is just one of several discrepancies identified during an ...