Here are three leadership moves former or current Optum executives have made since Jan. 1: 1. Optum named Valerie Barckhoff senior vice president of revenue cycle transformation. Ms. Barckhoff has ...

Worcester, Mass.-based UMass Chan Medical School has become the first medical center to complete a procedure using the WallFlex Biliary PLUS RX Fully Covered Stent. The procedure was performed by ...

Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tenn., plans to launch the state’s first certified anesthesiologist assistant master’s program. According to an April 23 news release, students may complete their ...

The East Coast region has the highest malpractice payouts, while the Midwest has the lowest, according to a January report from Physicain’s Thrive. Here are the 10 states and territories with the high ...

Raleigh, N.C.-based Compass Surgical Partners named Mark Langston as its new chief development officer.  Mr. Langston has more than 30 years of experience in the health system and ASC industries, ...

Cyberattacks and data breaches have become increasingly common across the healthcare industry as systems and the world at large become more reliant on digital and cloud-based technologies for every ...

A car crashed into St. Vincent Hospital’s medical office building in Erie, Pa., on April 22, according to an April 23 report from the Erie Times-News. As a result, the facility was forced to evacuate ...

New York City-based NYU Langone Health launched a new aortic care center, led by Medical Director Geraldine Ong, MD, and Mark Peterson, MD, PhD, a cardiothoracic surgeon and professor in the ...

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on a $78 million outpatient surgery center in Winston-Salem, N.C. According to an April 22 news release, the 55,000-square-foot ...

Upland, Pa.-based Crozer Health announced the closure of Crozer-Chester Medical Center and Taylor Hospital in Delaware County, Pa. Employees were alerted to the shutdowns via an April 21 email from ...

Here are six legal and policy updates affecting healthcare employers: 1. The Federal Trade Commission is currently evaluating the controversial ban on noncompete agreements originally finalized in ...

The highest-paid anesthesiologist in Columbus, Ohio, earns $646,200 per year, according to Medscape’s salary reporter tool, which is much higher than the mean annual wage of $336,640 anesthesiologists ...