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Archived Becker's Physician Leadership E-Newsletters 

November 20, 2024

• Why physicians are unhappy with employment | Trump taps Dr. Oz to run CMS | 24 hospital closures in 2024 | What 'criminalized medicine' means for physicians | Big moves from Optum | Physician sues over noncompete clause

November 15, 2024

• The major players employing physicians | Practice pays $1.3M to settle fraud claims | A new era of Stark law enforcement | Physician sues Prospect Medical Holdings | Payer burden creates 'system to ration care' | 2 hospitals file for bankruptcy

November 13, 2024

• The physician breaking point | Independent practice to close after 55 years | 38 physician 'bosses' | 5 physicians suing their former employer | DOJ sues to block Optum's $3.3B Amedisys deal | The secret to independent practice recruiting

November 08, 2024

• What Trump presidency means for physicians | Physicians blast CMS' pay cut | 3 long-time practice closures | Health systems offloading hospitals | How 15 physician lawmakers fared in election | Lawsuit could heat up Novant, Atrium rivalry

November 06, 2024

• CMS cuts physician pay | Donald Trump clinches presidency | Physician sues Kaiser Permanente-affiliated group for $8M | 4 physician entrepreneurs to know | Physicians sounding the alarm on prior auths | Novant acquires 200-provider group

November 01, 2024

• The bankruptcies, layoffs & closures facing physicians |Why VillageMD clinics struggle to survive | Health systems take over Optum urgent care clinics | Bill would halt Medicare cuts | Steward completes physician group sale

October 30, 2024

• The physician power struggle | Malpractice policy vs. physician recruitment | Why 5 practices closed | Physician group may be liable in hospital patient death | The state of POHs | Texas advocacy group formed against predatory payer policy

October 25, 2024

• Are the 5 richest physician billionaires self-made? | Physician charged with accepting kickbacks | TriHealth closes Ohio clinic | Fla. town's only primary care physician retires | Inflation's burden on physicians | Physicians per capita in 50 states

October 23, 2024

• UPMC closes practice | Lack of payer transparency corroding physician-patient relationships | Physician sues Fla. hospital, alleging unsafe conditions | 5 moves disrupting physicians | Why physicians are hopeful about medicine's future

October 18, 2024

• Physicians file $4.5M retaliation suit against Samaritan Health Services | Could a new wave of physicians return to private practice? | Physician clinic to close | CVS & Walgreens shutter stores | What's next for noncompete agreements?

October 16, 2024

• What's at stake when physician practices cash out | Physician charged in $100M insurance fraud case | Are business skills the ticket to reclaiming physician autonomy? | 5 health systems facing Stark law allegations | 11 physician leaders in the headlines

October 11, 2024

• Taking back physician autonomy | 5 richest physicians | Physicians in hospital-owned practices aren't happy | Physician owners in payer talks: 5 notes | Physician pleads guilty to illegal drug distribution, money laundering

October 09, 2024

• Sonendo to buy Biolase assets for $14M | DSOs' renewed focus on doctor satisfaction | NH hospital's dental service cuts scrutinized | One-fifth of adults lack dental coverage | Heartland Dental's active Q3

October 04, 2024

• Challenges mount for independent physicians | 5 Stark law issues to watch | 8 hospitals shuttering services in Sept. | How much money physicians need to retire by state | The rise of MSOs | 12 hospital sales in 10 days

October 02, 2024

• Texas physician to close practice | What physicians want from CMS | Stark law's future in flux | Physician to pay $7.2M to resolve fraud claims | How young physicians feel about their pay | Physician, payer dissatisfaction by region

September 27, 2024

• How can physicians regain their power? | Physicians to pay $8M+ in kickback scheme | House passes bill allowing Stark law waiver | Majority of physicians disapprove of DNPs using 'doctor' title

September 25, 2024

• Texas physician's practice to close | Physician charged for $32.7M fraud scheme | Imminent disruptors scaring physicians | Why physicians need a seat at the table | 5 things looking up for physicians | Optum's leadership shakeup

September 20, 2024

• Mich. practice closes after 74 years | Youngest physician billionaire's wealth evolution | 3 POHs shutter services | Physician charged in $32.7M fraud scheme | OptumCare to conduct layoffs | 5 things looking up for physicians

September 18, 2024

• Bad news for physician reimbursements | POH to temporarily close after losing Medicare contract | Health system's Stark law dispute in flux after Chevron ruling | Anesthesia challenges piling up

September 13, 2024

• Physicians grapple with reimbursement challenges | Trump, Harris reveal plans for small businesses | Physician skeptical UHC gold-card program 'will benefit providers or patients' | Medicaid disenrollment surpasses 25M

September 11, 2024

• UVA Health faculty call for removal of physician CEO, dean | Who gets hurt in the physician acquisition frenzy? | 5 specialties with biggest pay jumps | 3 policies tied to the fate of physician independence | Anesthesia challenges piling up

September 06, 2024

• The physician consolidation conundrum | Rising malpractice verdicts: 5 notes | 9 major system layoffs | Physicians caring for the NFL's highest-paid players | Calif. bill targets PE in healthcare

September 04, 2024

• Family-owned N.C. practice shutters | What to know about 'physician bridge' programs | 19 states facing a potential physician deficit | How CMS' MIPS program has changed | Ozempic's impact on COVID-19 deaths

August 30, 2024

• Physician sentenced to 7+ years for illegal prescription | Physician's biggest concerns this election season | Why physicians are turning away from medicine | HCA hospital sold to Calif. county for $175M

August 28, 2024

• 10 Stark law changes | 5 health systems shutter physician practices | Physicians malpractice premiums up | Ark. physician sentenced to 7+ years for illegal prescription

August 23, 2024

• Stark law issues raising alarms | Physician CEO to pay $9M for kickback allegations | 10 most popular physician side gigs | 5 groups facing scrutiny for overpaying physicians | Physicians see increase in malpractice premiums

August 21, 2024

• As hospitals cut services, what's the fallout for physicians? | Physician accused of stealing patient data to start new practice | Is physician employment worth the leap? | $65M worth of physician fraud | FTC's noncompete ban struck down

August 16, 2024

• Physicians resign over dispute with RI hospital | 10 numbers making physicians nervous | Stark law complaint sounds alarms for compliance | How physicians remain independent | Union blasts Steward deal delays | Tenet's hospital sell-off spree

August 14, 2024

• Why private practice physicians are watching their backs | Steward physician group sold for $245M | Where a physician landed after HCA shuttered practices | 5 leaders of the top 5 medical schools

August 09, 2024

• How 77% of physicians become employees | NY practice to shutter | Could physician unionizing 'further fragment' care? | MercyOne to close hospital | Physician surrenders license following $14M fraud conviction | Meet the highest-paid healthcare CFO

August 07, 2024

• 10 multimillion-dollar Stark law cases | Where have the physician leaders gone? | Physician to pay $4.7M for illegal opioid prescriptions | CEO pay at the largest healthcare companies | Stark law amendment clears committee | Tenet to sell off 5 hospitals

August 02, 2024

• Independent practices become even less feasible | Physician sues hospital over alleged gender discrimination | Nearly 1K surgeries canceled after misinterpreted CRNA guidance | 5 nos. on the evolving physician workforce | Optum's 2024 clinic closures

July 31, 2024

• Erlanger faces Stark law complaint | Physician group lays off 98 in Ariz. | 'What conversations?' Physicians on broken payer negotiations | Chevron ruling could change Stark law | 15 physicians retiring in 2024 | La. restricts physician noncompetes

July 26, 2024

• The rise of Stark law violations | CMS' proposal could change MIPS | Physician malpractice: 10 notes | Optum closing more clinics | Physician sentenced to 5 years for Medicaid fraud | What to know about Physicians & Medicaid

July 24, 2024

• Feds crack down on Stark law violations | 5 coding changes in CMS' fee schedule | Physician sentenced for $8M+ fraud scheme | The disruptors leading the race to acquire physicians | 5 hospitals ending services | The consequences of devaluing residents

July 19, 2024

• Va. practice to close 1 year after physician misconduct allegations | Steward delays bid for 1,700-physician group | 14 hospital closures | Surgeon loses license after $16M fraud conviction | Bill amending ban on new POHs gains traction

July 17, 2024

• How CMS' proposed pay cut will affect independence | Physician sentenced for illegal drug prescription | Walgreens to close more locations | 5 major trends in physician employment | Why Medicare's MIPS program is broken

July 12, 2024

• CMS floats 2.8% physician pay cut | Michigan physician accused of illegal prescription | The trends exciting physician leaders | How weight loss drugs affect 5 physician specialties |The growing burden of prior authorization

July 10, 2024

• NC practice files fraud suit alleging physician tried to 'destroy' it | Fla. physician group splitting with BCBS Medicare Advantage | 5 practice closures in 1 year | FTCs' noncompete ban stalled | The specialties most affected by burnout

July 05, 2024

• The erosion of physician autonomy | Physician pleads guilty to $2.4M fraud scheme | A chief wellness officer's message to fed up physicians | HCA's spending spree | 5 hospitals delay, cancel surgeries from anesthesia provider challenges

July 03, 2024

• The lopsided physician pay system | 76 physicians charged in $2.7B fraud schemes | MA scrutinized in Congress | Why physicians remain optimistic about medicine | 10 states paying off med school debt | Walmart health centers officially close

June 28, 2024

• Optum, Steward physician group deal called off | The 'alarming' trend of payers acquiring physicians | NC physician practice closes abruptly | Why physicians are turning away from medicine | What prospective CMOs should know

June 26, 2024

• Physician sues health system alleging breach of contract | Optum's biggest plays in 2024 | Is employed physician pay trending up or down | What Tenet's highest-paid execs earned since 2019 | Physician pay vs. rising practice costs

June 21, 2024

• What the physician market looks like today | Physician convicted for $70M in fraudulent claims | The dire state of physician pay | Does more work mean more pay for physicians? | The highest-paid health system CEO

June 19, 2024

• Unfulfilled promises in physician employment | Today's 'ever-changing' physician | HCA, Kaiser & more health systems getting bigger | What to know about Walmart Health's closure | How do physicians feel about their pay

June 14, 2024

• Physician- vs. hospital-owned settings: 10 notes | Physician group to pay $1.2M following neurosurgeon walkout | Where physicians are losing money | The healthcare issue that brought physicians in front of the Senate | Optum, Tenet further consolidate

June 12, 2024

• The departure from private practice | Optum offloading, shuttering services | Physician pleads guilty in $2.3M 'pill mill' scheme | 5 best states for physicians in 5 years | AMA names president-elect | PA pay up $9K

June 7, 2024

• Is employed physician pay trending up or down? | Physician group to pay $14.9M for false claims allegations | 32 health systems laying off employees | The physicians leading the top 10 medical schools | Why Wis. is the best state for physicians

June 5, 2024

• 5 best, worst states for physicians | Why physician pay bumps aren't enough | Cleveland Clinic physician face negligence suit | The biggest players in physician deals | Where Optum's bid for Steward's 1,700-physician group stands

May 31, 2024

• 10 self-made physician billionaires | Highest, lowest-paying states for physicians by specialty | 3 health systems facing Stark law suits | Physician sentenced to 5 years for fraud scheme | Optum's inks $31B on deals in 2 years

May 29, 2024

• Dental patient awarded $1M for botched surgery | How 3 new DSOs plan to grow | Dental assistant pay vs. minimum wage | Heartland Dental office part of $3M sale | How 5 DSOs are supporting staff | 20 federal, state bills affecting dentistry

May 24, 2024

• Why physicians are leaving medicine | Physician duo pleads guilty to $45M fraud scheme | 10 specialties with the highest pay increases | Walmart Health begins layoffs | A physician's guide to social media

May 22, 2024

• Physician pay in 2024 | Optum, Walgreens, Rite Aid & Walmart closing 630+ facilities | The do's and don'ts of social media for physicians | Ala. law to protect physicians prescribing off-label meds | 5 trends shaping physician consolidation

May 17, 2024

• UCLA physician gets $14M in discrimination case | Why physicians wouldn't recommend a career in medicine | Physician groups are PE's next growth target | 5 Texas hospital closures, bankruptcies | Optum quietly bought 2 cardio chains

May 15, 2024

• Physicians' investment secrets | UPMC's $38M Stark law settlement | How physician group deals are changing the workforce | Pain practice abruptly closes | 3 health systems laying off employees | Physician convicted in $6.3M fraud scheme

May 10, 2024

• Good news for independent physicians | Physician groups getting snapped up | 5 physician fraud cases in 2 weeks | The battle against the noncompete ban heats up | 6 hospitals closing in the Midwest | Physicians vs. rising labor costs

May 8, 2024

• Steward files for bankruptcy | 3 deals making physicians nervous | The physician specialties driving acquisitions | Rite Aid closes 520+ locations since bankruptcy | Physicians to pay $1.3M for kickback allegations | Why healthcare CEO pay is rising

May 3, 2024

• Stark law: 10 key changes | Physician sues CoxHealth | US' 10 best medical schools | Highest-paying regions for physicians | Physician faces 147 felony charges for alleged pill mill | HCA revenue hits $1.8B

May 1, 2024

• Optum shutters telehealth arm | Walmart Health closes | Physician admits to fentanyl theft | 8 hospitals, health system layoffs | 15 top-paying healthcare jobs | Bad news for CMS' physician pay advocates

April 26, 2024

• Big moves by Optum | Where private practice has the advantage | Bad news for anesthesia | NH physician charged with healthcare fraud | How the FTC's noncompete ban could change the physician workforce

April 24, 2024

• FTC bans noncompetes | Bad news for private practice physicians | Optum workers report layoffs | The most insidious issues in healthcare | 5 wealthiest healthcare billionaires | What's new with physician pay cuts? | Tenet's healthcare takeover

April 19, 2024

• Physician sues Calf. medical board | Employed vs. self-employed physician pay | Why 3 physician groups, practices closed | What lawmakers are saying about Optum's physician transactions | CVS Health's primary care strategy

April 17, 2024

• 29 top-paid physician specialties | Private practice physicians 'on the road toward extinction' | Tenet's highest-paid execs | Physician fired following death of baby, mother | Rite Aid shuttering 200+ locations

April 12, 2024

• Physicians' biggest threats | 10 notes on physician pay cuts | 180 CMOs to know | Physicians paying million-dollar settlements | Nearly 80% of physicians are employed | Patient wins $3.2M in suit against Cleveland Clinic physician

April 10, 2024

• Why don't private practice physicians have more power? | Walgreens' VillageMD clinic closure strategy | 2 physician defamation cases to know | 6 hospital closures | Where PE stands | 5 states with the highest employment of physicians

April 5, 2024

• Amazon's effect on physician consolidation | How the 5 richest physicians made their fortunes | Optum's rise to the top | Walmart Health expansion strategy unfolds in Texas | 3 physicians suing their former employers

April 3, 2024

• Where employed physicians may be losing out | 10 physician billionaires | The risks of physicians dropping Medicare | CMS finalizes Medicare Advantage rate cut | Idaho physician group shutters | Optum's 1,700-physician group deal

March 29, 2024

• 32 physicians left Optum-owned group in 2 years | The county's 5 richest physicians | The erosion of physician autonomy | Walgreens posts $5.8B loss from VillageMD | Tenet completes $975M sale of hospitals, ASCs

March 27, 2024

• Optum to acquire Steward physician group | Physician to pay $1.8M for alleged Stark law violation | Wis. hospitals close despite orthopedic group's pushback | HCA's 5 top-paid executives | CMS moves hurting, helping physicians

March 22, 2024

• Last-ditch email to UnitedHealth's CEO saves clinic | The physician noncompete tug-of-war | Private practice vs. employed physician pay | The hospitals, health systems with the most top physicians

March 20, 2024

• 10 best, worst states for physicians to practice | Physician sues former employer for wrongful termination | MedPAC report slammed over pay cuts | How physicians would change Medicare | NY physician group gets $29M

March 15, 2024

• What's next for physician payments? | Inside Walgreens' physician acquisition strategy | Are anesthesia shortages the next care disruptor? | Mistrial declared in Dr. Scott Lynch's case against Penn State

March 13, 2024

• Physician sues Tenet | Independent vs. employed physician pay | Biden's $7.3T budget: Physician primer | Federal agency targets noncompetes | Orthopedic surgeon's suit against Penn State ends in mistrial

March 08, 2024

• Amazon's physician acquisition strategy | Hospitals facing multimillion-dollar Stark law penalties | Walgreens shutters clinics, exits 3 states | Physicians 'disappointed' Congress left pay cut at 1.7% | Physician pleads guilty to fraud

March 06, 2024

• Congress moves to halve physician pay cut | Physician vs. healthcare CEO pay | Mich. physician charged with fraud | PE-backed physician practices jump 600% | The groups dominating physician employment

March 01, 2024

• Stark law allegations on the rise | 3 physicians suing their former employers in 2024 | Tenet to sell 2 hospitals for $550M | Johns Hopkins physician exits following misconduct allegations | NIMH director to step down

February 28, 2024

• Iowa clinic closes after layoffs | UnitedHealth targeted in antitrust probe | Practices adding multiple surgeons | Providence names clinical network chief | DePuy Synthes wants feds to undo $20M verdict

February 23, 2024

• Where noncompetes target physicians | Physician charged in $20.7M kickback scheme | Dr. Neal ElAttrache operates on KC Chiefs player | The trends concerning physicians | 10 most entrepreneurial states

February 21, 2024

• Stark law violators facing big penalties | Amazon, Optum, CVS, Walmart & Walgreens race to acquire physicians | Noncompete laws evolve nationwide | 5 hospitals shutter services | AAOS taps new president

February 16, 2024

• Physician sues former employer over noncompete clause | How healthcare billionaires built their fortunes | Kaiser's 25,352 physician workforce | 50% of physicians would take a pay cut for better work-life balance | Anesthesiologist pay by the hour in each

February 14, 2024

• POHs closing, ending services | The wealthiest US surgeon is worth $5.8B | Financial woes impacting health systems, groups | Fla. bill would ban physician noncompetes | Physician sentenced to 22 years for overprescription

February 9, 2024

• Malpractice mega-verdicts hit record | 3 orthopedic layoffs in 30 days | HCA hospital's correction plan to revoke immediate jeopardy status | Anesthesia's biggest problem | MOB sells for $10.5M

February 7, 2024

• Physician group could purchase shuttered hospitals | Cardio company exec accused of Stark law violations | 3 physician lawsuits challenge state policy | The numbers scaring physicians | Tenet $2.4B sale of hospitals finalized

February 2, 2024

• Physicians' autonomy problem | The case for, and against, noncompetes | The wealthiest physician is worth $24.9B | 15 sentenced in $40M fraud, kickback scheme | Is the physician employment model broken?

January 31, 2024

• POH to close campus | The anesthesia conundrum | Noncompetes enforced in court decision | Mass General Brigham pulls physicians from Steward hospitals | The state of prior auths in 2024 | Physician shortage could spell 'doomsday' for orthopedics

January 26, 2024

• Bad news for FTC's noncompete ban | Stark law in 2024 | Physician indicted for false Medicare statements | Health system to close physician offices, 2 hospitals | What a $345M settlement means for physician pay structure

January 24, 2024

• Physician group to sell or close | Which states have banned noncompetes | Surgeon sues Pa. hospital over termination | 100+ physician pay stats | What physicians should know about healthcare's business side | The payer trend defining POHs

January 19, 2024

• Good news, bad news for physicians | The highest-paying physician specialties | Hospitals bring back masks | 5 numbers concerning private practice physicians | System shutters services due to physician recruitment issues | What to know about Stark law

January 17, 2024

• The race to acquire physicians | Physicians face more pay cuts | Optum takes VBC by the horns | Anesthesiologist named best-paying healthcare job | Are monopolies eroding physician independence?

January 12, 2024

• The payer behavior physicians want changed | 5 numbers making CMOs nervous | Physician roles lag among US News' best healthcare jobs | Health system layoffs to know | The state of POHs | Mark Cuban is shaking up pharma

January 10, 2024

• Why physicians are leaving their employers | The health systems mandating masks for physicians | 3 POHs, practices ending services | The physician specialties named best jobs in healthcare | Walgreens sets sights on healthcare

January 05, 2024

• Optum eyes physician-owned clinic acquisition | POH closes ED | The health systems mandating masks for physicians | Northwell physician accused of drugging, abusing woman | Harvard names physician as interim president

January 03, 2024

• A 2024 Stark law compensation update | Physician acquitted of $15M fraud conviction | The best states for physician communication | Healthcare billionaire net worth hits $113B+ | How long $1M in retirement savings will last physicians

December 29, 2023

• Where Stark law violations occurred in '23 | What to know about the 2-midnight rule & Medicare Advantage | Urgent care chain to pay $9.1M for false claims allegations | What happened to physician staffing firms?

December 27, 2023

• Medical group expenses per physician top $1M | Forbes' '30 Under 30' physicians | 24 healthcare deals | Cardiologist's $4.9M in referrals allegedly violate Stark law | Hospitals close clinics | 6 trends defining healthcare

December 22, 2023

• Ind. system to pay $345M to settle alleged false claims, Stark law violations | What happened to physician staffing firms? | Healthcare disruptors physicians are monitoring | Proposed bills physicians are keeping tabs on

December 20, 2023

• Payers are hiring physicians with histories of malpractice | The trends physicians are worried about for 2024 | Cardiologist's alleged $4.9M in referrals violated Stark law | 18 C-suite physicians retiring, resigning in 2023

December 15, 2023

• Optum's 90,000 physicians | 3 big challenges physicians may face in 2024 | Where Stark law violations occurred in 2023 | NJ man convicted in $4M fraud scheme | 5 physician leadership moves that shook up the industry

December 13, 2023

• How Amazon, CVS Health & Optum took on VBC in 2023 | NY system hit with $120M malpractice verdict | MedPAC urges physician pay increases | Why physicians are dropping Medicare patients | 32 new physician presidents in 2023

December 8, 2023

• Private practice isn't going anywhere | HCA's spending spree | 111 CMO moves | Ohio physician charged in $14M fraud scheme | CVS Health rebrands | 2 in 5 physicians plan to cut hours | The healthiest states in 2023

December 6, 2023

• 5 numbers keeping physicians up at night | 14 physicians suing their employers in 2023 | Nonphysician ownership worsens care quality | The fastest growing physician specialties | What outpatient physicians are prioritizing in 2024

December 1, 2023

• Optum adds 20K physicians | Physicians make Forbes' 30 Under 30 list | Physician charged for Medicaid fraud | 40% of physicians plan to leave their employer | Why some physicians are avoiding EHRs

November 29, 2023

• Physician found guilty in kickback scheme | Top paying states for physicians | Where spine disruption is happening | 5 power players at Optum | Practice costs are rising: 4 stats | What spine surgeons should know about noncompetes

November 24, 2023

• 49-physician group in Fla. acquired | Judge slashes 'shockingly excessive' malpractice verdict | Optum, USPI and AmSurg moves in 2023 | Payer problems 'worsening' | Cardiologist, orthopedic surgeon pay stats | HOPCo grows to a $1B venture

November 22, 2023

• The 'overpaid' CEOs of big physician employers | Physicians charged in $12M fraud scheme | The physician workforce in 5 years | 5 specialties with pay drops of 5%+ | 2 hospitals to reduce surgeries due to anesthesiologist shortages

November 17, 2023

• Where physicians are losing money | Why hospitals cutting service lines could be a win for independent practices | Physician sentenced in $5M pill mill scheme | The best cities for physicians to retire in | 1,000-physician group adds 3 execs

November 10, 2023

• What's on the horizon for private practice? | Physicians per capita in all 50 states | Physician's lawsuit challenges Indiana's noncompete law | How much does it cost to employ a physician? | 5 PE updates to know | 3 physician tax evasion cases in 2 month

November 08, 2023

• 3 major issues for private practice | Hospital that fired orthopedic leader put on probation | What it costs to employ a physician | ASCs per capita in all 50 states | Where are Leapfrog's 18 straight-'A' hospitals? | 3 states cracking down on noncompetes

November 03, 2023

• CMS reduces physician pay | Physician pay is increasing in these 21 specialties | 7 health systems eliminating jobs in Oct. | Physician convicted of $1.6M in tax evasion | Physicians and fraud: 7 cases | 5 physicians on how to take on AI

November 02, 2023

• Stark law by the numbers | Physicians' biggest threats | Physician to pay $1.5M to settle kickback claims | Physician fined $100K for posting fake practice reviews | Physicians and drug charges: 4 cases | Physicians, patients on the fence about AI

October 27, 2023

• POH by the numbers | AMA: Physician shortage is an 'urgent crisis' | Physician specialty with the lowest 5-year pay jump | The consolidation of physicians: 3 moves | The best hospital by state: Newsweek | Good news, bad news for female physicians

October 25, 2023

• Physician specialty with the highest 5-year pay jump | Physician to pay $2.4M for fraud | Physician staffing shortage by the numbers | Why 4 groups of healthcare workers are striking | Female physician pay in 2023

October 20, 2023

• 5 physician pay updates | Newsweek's highest-rated ASC in 40 states | Salem Health brings in Hope Orthopedics | Optum nets $56B in Q3 | J&J restructures orthopedic business

October 18, 2023

• Stark law disclosure settlements increase | 70,000+ physicians left workforce from 2021 to 2022 | Henry Schein hit with cybersecurity incident | 400+ Allina Health physicians vote to unionize | Calif. raises healthcare worker minimum wage to $25

October 13, 2023

• AmSurg to split from Envision | 7 physician fraud suits | What side gigs are physicians taking in medicine? | Physician pay in the US vs. 10 other countries | Why this physician is wary of private equity | PAs split on 'assistant' or 'associate'

October 11, 2023

• Optum, Uber strike deal | Physician charged in $5.6M fraud scheme | 5 hospitals cutting service lines | Stark law compliance: 5 notes | 10 highest-, lowest-paying states for RNs | Strike kicks off at 4 Prime hospital

October 06, 2023

• 3 Stark law violation suits in 2023 | Optum's $1.5B tech deal | The new forces in the battle to employ physicians | What to know about physician contracts | Why 75,000 Kaiser Permanente workers are striking | 10 health systems, hospitals seeking CMOs

October 04, 2023

• What every new physician should know | 4 hospital closures in Sept. | Physician to pay $585K for kickback allegations | PE co. acquires stake in independent physician group | 5 PE groups shaping the industry | Mass. health system files for bankruptcy

September 29, 2023

• Physician charged in $170M healthcare fraud scheme | Independent physician practice closes | The changes physicians need now | Optum moves forward in $3.3B deal | What debts or expenses do young physicians owe?

September 27, 2023

• The richest physician's journey to a self-made billionaire | Bad news for private practice physicians | Physicians & fraud: 4 cases | Physician, nurse convicted of illegal prescriptions | Meet the MD retiring from playing in the NFL

September 22, 2023

• Private practice or employment? What would physicians choose | 4 physician fraud cases in 3 weeks | 20 CEO shake-ups in 2 weeks | 3 major companies filing for bankruptcy | How physicians feel about the state of medicine

September 20, 2023

• Stark law issues physicians are eyeing | American Physician Partners files for bankruptcy | 10 worst states to practice | Physician to pay $20M for malpractice suit | The argument over who gets to call themselves Dr.

September 15, 2023

• Good news, bad news for physicians | State-by-state breakdown of US' largest health system | Why 6 healthcare execs are leaving their roles | Google seeks physician for public health clinical lead | How residents feel about their pay

September 13, 2023

• POH files for bankruptcy | Physicians want Medicare payments restructured now | Calif. suit over who can be called 'doctor' faces opposition | 4 hospitals hit with price transparency fines | 5 highest-paid healthcare CEOs make $145.7M

September 08, 2023

• Physician pay in 2023 | NJ hospital sued over 'unlawful' CEO firing | Advice physicians would give their younger selves | Physician convicted in $9.5M kickback scheme | The worst city for physicians to retire

September 06, 2023

• Why physicians are selling to hospitals | Fired physician claims health system blacklisted him | What leads to physician misbehavior? | 5 book recommendations for physicians | Why these hospitals are bringing back mask policies

September 01, 2023

• 20 highest-paid healthcare CEOs | 5 hospitals closing, ending services | Physicians committing fraud: 4 cases | What physicians like most about their jobs | Why physicians don't like the word 'provider' | 10 highest-paying employer types for physicians

August 30, 2023

• 3 reasons physicians are selling their practices | Hospital for Special Surgery loses $51.2M suit | How the physician-hospital relationship is changing | Physician to pay $6.5 million to settle false claims allegations | 5 stats on employed physicians

August 25, 2023

• Stark law change may spark financial danger for physicians | Physician pleads guilty to antitrust scheme | States are questioning who gets to be called doctor | 4 physician groups to leave Proliance | How employed physicians feel about their autonomy

August 23, 2023

• Physicians see big noncompete wins | 4 hospital closures in August | 5 No. physicians should keep an eye on | 10 worst states for physicians vs. nurses | 8 CEO shake-ups in 1 week | 7 healthcare strikes in 20 days

August 18, 2023

• 15 largest independent physician groups | Why the best-paid physicians are in SD | Physician pay vs. state happiness | Healthcare cos. with the best CEO to worker pay gaps | Why physicians don't want to specialize in geriatrics

August 16, 2023

• The hardest choices physicians have to make | Physicians with the lowest pay increases | 3 lawsuits that could disrupt healthcare | PA vs. RN vs. NP pay | 20 states ranked by healthcare outcomes | Allina physicians look to unionize

August 11, 2023

• What if physician pay continues to decline? | Memorial Health to lay off 20% of leadership | Physician sued for $2.4M in malpractice suit | 20 highest-paying medical jobs | 5 physicians on the cutting edge of cardiology

August 09, 2023

• Physician convicted for $15M fraud scheme | Will declining physician pay be the final straw? | Where physicians are earning secondary income | How many hours a week do physicians spend on prior auths?

August 04, 2023

• Noncompete agreements: What physicians should know | What are physicians' side gigs? | 8 fraud cases in 2 weeks | Malpractice risks for physicians overseeing NPs, PAs | Physician gets $39M+ in whistleblower suit

August 02, 2023

• The dangers of declining physician pay | St. Louis physician accused of fraud | Meet the physicians leading top-ranked hospitals | Noncompete agreements: What physicians should know | States with the most physicians per capita

July 28, 2023

• Former Adena chief of surgery alleges wrongful termination | 5 pay stats physicians should know | The advantages of putting physicians in the driver's seat | No. of licensed physicians by state | 10 states with longest ER wait times

July 26, 2023

• Stark law changes ramp up | CMS' pay cuts could have detrimental effects on physicians | Physician turnover rate increased 43% | The downfall of physician staffing groups | Congress pushes CMS to finalize plans to streamline prior auths

July 21, 2023

• The decline of physician ownership | How much money does it take for physicians to be in the top 1%? | Physician accused of overprescribing opioids | Former Optum CEO to become UnitedHealth's chief physician

July 19, 2023

• American Physician Partners closing | CMS' proposed pay cuts may hurt physicians | What physicians take tax breaks on | Calif. lawsuit challenges who can be called doctor | Police warn physicians of growing patient attacks

July 14, 2023

• CMS floats 3.34% physician pay cut | 153 stats on physician pay | Physician loses medical license following TikTok livestream | Physician practice ownership on the decline | Top PE firms by number of physician practice deals

July 12, 2023

• Tenn. orthopedic surgeon killed by patient | Medtronic's alleged kickback scheme at VA hospital unveiled | 10 largest physician groups by No. of locations | 12 physician fraud cases to know | The smartest practice moves from physician leaders

July 07, 2023

• Physician sues medical group over noncompete agreement | The specialties that saw pay dives | 10 best states to practice medicine | Conn. limits physician noncompete agreements | 6 stats on the physician workforce

July 05, 2023

• Optum's spending spree continues | Physician pay increases, ranked by specialty | Biggest physician group acquisitions to know | Who is acquiring a majority of physician practices? | Ind. increases restrictions on noncompetes

June 30, 2023

• 2 physicians accuse HCA of fraud, overbilling | Physicians leave hospital after CEO was fired | Physician group buying, reopening closed hospital | NY updates physician group acquisition policy | Physicians still facing high burnout

June 28, 2023

• Physician sues HCA hospital for libel | Physician pay is increasing in these specialties | What happens to physician pay after PE investment | Stark laws: 7 things to know | PA pleads guilty to practicing without a license

June 23, 2023

• $54M physician kickback scheme busted | 5 thoughts on physicians' loss of power | 10 states with the most physicians | 7 CMS moves affecting physicians | 10 best states for affordable healthcare | 9 in 10 practices have fired a patient

June 21, 2023

• Eskenazi ends physician noncompetes | Urgent care chain to pay $1.6M to settle false claim act allegations | How physicians lost money this year | AMA votes to oppose noncompetes | 1 in 5 physicians report inadequate support from leadership

June 16, 2023

• Why physicians want a noncompete ban now | The slippery slope disruptor scaring physicians | NJ suspends physician's license following prescription drug offense | What is physicians' net worth? | Physician salary vs. student loans

June 14, 2023

• Physician net worth by specialty | Why physicians are losing power | Physician indicted in $4M+ fraud scheme | Conn. set to loosen noncompete requirements | Dr. Bruce Scott chosen as AMA president-elect | Where are physicians seeing financial losses?

June 09, 2023

• Why physician groups are being snapped up | Are DOs replacing MDs in rural areas? | Physician owner sentenced for 3 drug charges | Best, worst cities for physicians to start a career | Fortune's top 25 healthcare cos.

June 07, 2023

• The top 10 mental health diagnoses | HHS publishes standards for mental health peer workers | Where psychiatrists earn the most | 2 behavioral health groups report data breaches | Psychiatrists per capita for all 50 states

June 02, 2023

• How can physicians leverage their power? | Why Optum's lack of checks and balances concern a CEO | Inside the Alice L. Walton School of Medicine | Physician gets prison for selling misbranded drugs | Dr. Mandy Cohen likely to lead CDC

May 31, 2023

• The healthcare disruptors scaring physicians | Physician to pay $625K to resolve fraud allegations | The future of private practice | 12 physician legal cases in May | Physician specialists who take on the most side gigs

May 26, 2023

• New Stark Law, Anti-Kickback exceptions | 49 hospitals closing service lines | Lowest paying states for physicians | Mass. eye practice pays $5.7M to resolve false claims allegations | Striking NYC physicians reach tentative agreement

May 24, 2023

• Meet the wealthiest physician billionaire | Inside CVS' physician acquisition strategy | 5 No. worrying physician | 14 anti-kickback cases | 15 PE moves affecting physicians | States with the highest physician employment level

May 19, 2023

• What to know about Stark Law in 2023 | Physician group won't drop suit against Envision | The physician issue with 'no clear end or solution in sight' | Chicago physician ordered to pay $3M for kickbacks | US depression rates hit record highs

May 17, 2023

• Is ChatGPT a threat to medicine? | Why physicians are leaving medicine | Physician pleads guilty to overprescribing opioids | Meet the leaders of the 5 physician groups | BCBS of Mass. adds 3 physician groups | Which physicians don't feel fairly paid

May 12, 2023

• Physician pay per hour | Envision eyes bankruptcy | Why independent practices are struggling | Yale New Haven, physician group settle false claim allegations | What the push toward the 'homespital' means for private practices | 5 largest physician groups

May 10, 2023

• Physicians' biggest threats | Physician sentenced for identity theft, $2M in false claims | Stanford to employ ChatGPT-like features for physicians | CDC director resigns | Ga. medical director dies in plane crash | 10 payer policy moves

May 05, 2023

• Physician named highest-paying healthcare job | Optum is the largest employer of physicians | HCA Healthcare's top paid execs | 6 physician fraud suits in April | 5 ways private practice may change in 10 years | AAP names president-elect

May 03, 2023

• 10 highest-paying healthcare jobs | What private practice will look like in 10 years | Envision gets $91.2M in UnitedHealthcare suit | The payer denials most frustrating to physicians | What physicians do when patients can't pay their bills

April 28, 2023

• Optum's physician acquisition strategy | Kaiser to acquire Geisinger | Physician pleads guilty to defrauding Amtrak of $1.4M | Healthcare billionaires: 8 notes | The impact noncompetes have on practices, physicians

April 26, 2023

• Are physician billionaires self-made? | Calif. man charged with impersonating physician | Colo. CEO on adapting as an independent hospital | Health systems laying off execs, employees nationwide | How many physicians work at US hospitals

April 21, 2023

• $427M+ in physician fraud suits in 2 weeks | Tenet's highest-paid execs | Physician pay jumps 18% | 4 tips for young physicians in private practice | HCA total revenue hits $15.6B

April 19, 2023

• This specialty saw the biggest pay jump in 2023 | Former physician sentenced to 7 years for $120M insurance fraud | Do employed or self-employed physicians earn more? | 31% of healthcare workers plan to leave role by 2024

April 14, 2023

• Stark Law's new physician exception | Physician pay across 29 specialties | The less-discussed reason noncompetes hurt physicians | Medicare physician pay reform bill introduced | Physician charged for overprescribing opioids

April 12, 2023

• 9 physicians are 2023's richest | Physician forfeits license after $60M fraud scheme | Optum acquires NY physician group | CMS pitches tighter physician-owned hospital restrictions | Dr. Jason Fish named Yale Health's CEO

April 07, 2023

• America's richest MDs | Physician vs. CMO pay | Physician sues U of Pittsburgh for alleged retaliation, discrimination | 10 best states for travel nurses | Physician group inks value-based care deal | States with the fewest physicians joining primary care

April 05, 2023

• Why private practice physicians don't have more power in healthcare | Envision Physician Services to lay off 90 | The case for & against easing NP, PA restrictions | 11 physician fraud suits | 22 C-suite moves in March

March 31, 2023

• Why physicians exit corporate medicine | Physician to pay $25M+ for 4K false claims violations | Value-based care deals shaping the industry | UnitedHealthcare to cut prior auths usage by 23% | CVS Health completes acquisition of Signify Health

March 29, 2023

• Physician wins $14M in suit against CVS, Rite Aid | Metro areas that pay physicians the most | 4 physicians suing their former employers | Physician specialties drawing investors' focus | CVS Health closes $8B Signify Health deal

March 24, 2023

• 20 highest-paying physician specialties | Physician practice pays $2.9M for false claims | The physician group deals shaping the industry | 'Physician payment is always in the crosshairs' | What a comfortable retirement will cost physicians in each state

March 23, 2023

• Physician vs. healthcare CEO pay | Physician involved in $1.5B fraud scheme sentenced | Best states for physicians over the last 5 years | ASC shuttered after unlicensed physician performed surgery | 30%+ young physicians would not choose medicine again

March 17, 2023

• Will consolidation take individuality out of physician care? | Physician charged with $650K fraud | 25 most expensive cities for physicians | 17 called-off hospital deals | HCA Fla. hospital CFO to retire

March 15, 2023

• 10 most expensive states for physicians | Physician convicted of $5M healthcare fraud scheme | Specialty with the most physicians in private practice | Conn. office launches inquiry into VillageMD deal | Most popular states for physicians to practice

March 10, 2023

• Where physician pay is falling | 29 physician specialties ranked by mental distress | Surgeon convicted for accepting $300K in kickbacks | The cost of attending a top ranked medical school | 13 leaders on management trends

March 08, 2023

• Healthcare trends scaring physicians | Walgreens acquires 30-location physician group | Physician sues hospital over suspension | Optum, Amazon & CVS Health: 3 deals | Biden's 2024 Medicare budget | 4 states seeking less regulations for PAs

March 03, 2023

• Meet the wealthiest healthcare leaders | Physicians see pay drop — what next? | Physician sues health system for $24.7M over termination | A year of Optum's biggest deals | 3 anesthesiologist lawsuits in Feb.

March 01, 2023

• Hospitals fight for noncompetes | Frmr. physician pleads guilty to fraud charges | Which physician specialty is the happiest? | Income cuts hit rural physicians | Physician caseload vs. burnout: 27 specialties

February 24, 2023

• The wealthiest US physician is worth $22.6B | Physician sentenced to prison for tax evasion | Noncompetes in 2023 | How Walgreens is setting the pace with physician acquisitions | Reps introduce bill to remove CRNA physician supervision

February 22, 2023

• Optum to add LHC Group in $5.4B deal | Physicians claim unsafe conditions at HCA hospital | Senator argues for physician-owned hospitals | OptumCare, Loma Linda U Health physicians file for unionization | Top 50 healthcare systems by expenses

February 17, 2023

• CMS updates Stark Law self-referral rules | Va. Gov. appoints non-physician temporary head of health department | DOJ recovered $1.7B in healthcare false claims settlements in 2022 | 12 most expensive neighborhoods for physicians

February 15, 2023

• Physician group to pay $2M for false claims allegations | Specialist salary vs. job burnout | Kaiser posts $4.5B loss | Why a physician switched to direct care model | Lawsuit alleges Cedars-Sinai shared patient data

February 10, 2023

• 23 charged in $61.5M physician clinic fraud scheme | Optum has 60,000 physicians & is growing | NY bill calls for private practice transaction oversight | Amazon's One Medical deal faces more scrutiny | The physician death toll of COVID-19

February 08, 2023

• The physician leaders resigning in 2023 | Physician pay dropped in the last quarter | Physician sues Iowa hospital for wrongful termination | Physicians' salaries vs burnout levels | Hospitals defy price transparency rules

February 03, 2023

• Physician falls to 6th on list of best healthcare jobs | 8 physician fraud cases in Jan. | Former physician admits to faking own diagnosis | How burnout has affected physicians' relationships | CVS, Amazon, Optum: Who will be the biggest disrupter of '23?

February 01, 2023

• Physician pleads guilty in $2.6M fraud scheme | 'Only a sociopath could practice as an employee of a large health system' | HCA hospitals make 10 exec changes | What kind of cars do physicians drive | CVS Health's solid start to 2023 | 28 new CMOs

January 27, 2023

• Novant lays off physician exec | Optum's solid start to 2023 | Physician sentenced to 2 years for pill mill | Hospitals laying off workers | Specialties with the happiest marriages | The 4 fastest-growing healthcare jobs | HCA revenue hits $60.2B

January 25, 2023

• Top 10 states for physicians to retire | Physician net worth, debt in the last 5 years | 6 physician legal battles in 15 days | What physicians need to know about Amazon's new prescription drug service | Physician specialties with the happiest marriages

January 20, 2023

• Physician sues AMA | AI passes med licensing exam | Physician specialties with biggest 5-yr growth | Optum's busy 2023 | Physician workforce: 10 notes | Big physician self-employment challenges | 9 physician leadership moves

January 18, 2023

• What a non-competes ban may mean for physicians | Physician convicted for misappropriating $250K in COVID-19 relief funds | No. of active physicians by specialty | 47% of physicians are 55 or older

January 13, 2023

• Hospitals plagued by CEO exits | Physician named 13th best job in healthcare | Former physician found guilty of illegally prescribing opioids | Optum Health's revenue up 31.6% to $71.1B | 9 physicians stepping into leadership roles

January 11, 2023

• Optum, CVS Health aren't playing around | Former physician sentenced for $746M fraud scheme | 14 highest-paid healthcare jobs in 2023 | Self-employed physicians' workload | How physicians can renegotiate their contracts

January 06, 2023

• FTC pitches noncompetes ban | NY physician to pay $1.4M for billing fraud | 5 stats on physician pay | Cleveland Clinic names overseas leadership | 16 most popular nonmedical side gigs for physicians | What to know about prior auths

January 04, 2023

• Amazon clears hurdle in One Medical deal | 19 physicians elected to Congress | Ohio surgeon has license suspended after livestreaming procedures on TikTok | Physician bad behavior outside the workplace

December 30, 2022

• 10 global healthcare billionaires | Cleveland Clinic physician arrested for patient assault | Stark Law: What to know in 2023 | Physician wants hospital CEO pay capped at $800K | How physician pay changed in the last 5 years -

December 28, 2022

• 10 physician specialties with the lowest 5-year pay jump | Mich. physician found dead in pond | Physician group sues Envision over corporate medicine laws | Fla. physician group cuts ties with BCBS | 3 ways to boost physician recruiting

December 21, 2022

• NY physician convicted in $31M fraud scheme | 5 highest-paying physician specialties | Physicians 'dismayed' by CMS' 2% Medicare cuts | 5 things to know about VBC | Cleveland Clinic GI charged with assaulting patients

December 16, 2022

• Physician charged for $9.5M+ kickback scheme | The most interesting physician group deals in 2022 | Optum's $8B+ year of deals | Who is responsible for nurse abuse | Primary care in the US: 9 stats

December 14, 2022

• Physician sues hospital for alleged 'retaliation firing' | Major health systems post billion-dollar losses | ANA president: Time to end physician-nurse turf-wars | The physician who toppled a $32B crypto giant | 4 physician group moves

December 09, 2022

• Demand high for medical chiefs | Leapfrog's 115 top hospitals | Physician convicted in $4.5M kickback scheme | Mayo defends exec raises | HCA Florida hospital selects CMO | NewYork-Presbyterian's CMO: A priceless way to support clinicians

December 07, 2022

• Optum, Amazon look to physicians | Physician pleads guilty to Medicaid fraud | How physicians really feel about NPs, PAs | Physician group snags PE investment | 8 Amazon health updates | How new private practice physicians can avoid common pitfalls

December 02, 2022

• 4 physician practice, ASC closures | Physician's license suspended in after allegedly using drugs on duty | The new scam targeting physicians | 'The standard of medicine in this country will continue to decline' | 6 physicians entering C-suite roles

November 30, 2022

• UCSD accused of ignoring physician's fentanyl abuse | Physician pay in the last 5 years | Behind the payer practice cutting physician revenue | Kaiser Permanente taps new nonprofit CEO

November 25, 2022

• CMS finalizes 4.5% physician pay cut | 7 stats making physicians nervous | Stark Law changes to keep an eye on | Physician pay is increasing in these specialties | How declining physician pay will alter the healthcare industry

November 22, 2022

• 13 physician kickback suits totaling $332M+ | CEO: Working in healthcare 'tenuous at present' | Medical malpractice reports by state | Physicians report shortages by staff role | 46% of independent physicians see pay cut

November 18, 2022

• Physician cuts to create 'financial instability' | Physician fined for overprescribing narcotics | 28% of physicians' income dropped in the last year | Where are the 14 Leapfrog F hospitals? | Physician makes 5th trip to Ukraine

November 16, 2022

• Physician pay cuts will create 'immediate financial instability' | Physicians debate staying on Twitter | 10 things to know about self-employed physicians | Physician pays $490K to resolve CSA allegations | Prior auths: 3 fast facts

November 11, 2022

• Physician pay is changing: Up in 8 specialties, down in 4 | 5 physicians on the downsides of self-employment | Physicians and drug charges: 9 stories | 5 clinicians who won in 2022 midterms | How physicians are reducing expenses

November 09, 2022

• Does prestige belong in medicine? | Physicians and drug charges: 9 stories | How 740 self-employed physicians feel about their income | Kaiser Permanente's $1.5B Q3 loss | The most important factors for residents choosing their 1st position

November 04, 2022

• CMS finalizes 4.5% physician pay cut | 5 worst places for physicians, nurses to practice | Iowa clinic files for bankruptcy after $97M malpractice suit | Physicians' toughest ethical dilemma | Medical residents' biggest challenges

November 02, 2022

• Physician leaders balk at Medicare 4.48% fee cut | 10 best states for physicians, nurses to practice | Patient wins $21M in suit against physician | Prior auths: 3 leaders' thoughts | Physician bad behavior in the US & the UK

October 28, 2022

• Physicians fight pay cuts as operating costs soar | 50+ stats on physician pay | Physician charged with $53M mail fraud scheme | Optum doubles down on value-based care | UnitedHealth vs. Centene vs. Elevance in Q3

October 26, 2022

• Physician pay is decreasing in these specialties | Physicians' top priorities | Physician guilty in $54M Medicare fraud scheme | Healthcare lost 333,942 providers in 2021 | Key considerations when opening an independent practice

October 21, 2022

• Physicians' secrets to success | 30 healthcare leaders under 30 | Ohio physician blocked from federal healthcare programs | Nurse shortages by the numbers | 5 drug cases involving physicians | Female physician pay jumps 8.9%

October 19, 2022

• Physicians' cost cutting tactics | The rise + fall of COVID-19 billionaires | Dallas physician pleads not guilty to allegations of tampering with IV bags | States struggling to find physician specialists | PE had 245 healthcare transactions in Q3

October 14, 2022

• Wellstar urged to drop physicians' noncompetes | NY physician charged in $24M oxycodone scheme | Physician practice acquisitions shaping the industry | Prior authorization by the numbers | A Q&A with the world's oldest physician

October 12, 2022

• 29 healthcare billionaires | Incompetency suit against Iowa physician OK'd | 1 in 3 physicians considering early retirement | What's to blame for physician burnout? | 25% of clinicians want out of healthcare | 4 physician employment contract red flags

October 07, 2022

• Ariz. health system files $10M contract suit against physician group | Meet the 2 richest physicians in the US | Most-recruited physician specialties for the last 5 years | 6 physician fraud cases in Sept. | AMA President on the fight to fix prior auth

October 05, 2022

• The richest US physician has a $17B net worth | UnitedHealth, Tenet antitrust suit moves forward | Data breach hits Physician's Business Offices, 196K affected | How much young physicians made in 2022 | 11 universities that produce the wealthiest alumni

September 30, 2022

• 120+ orgs ask CMS to update physician pay cut | Amazon seeks physician lead | Dr. Amy Compton-Phillips named president of Press Ganey | Highest-paying physician specialty in 15 US cities | Calif. physician to pay $2.3M for drug distribution

September 28, 2022

• Biogen pays $900M to settle physician kickback allegations | Apollo to acquire 250-physician group | 13 most popular physician side gigs | Physician-led hospitals offer lower costs | PA pay for all 50 states | Ariz. physician practice acquired

September 23, 2022

• Physicians brace for 8.42% CMS cut | Stark Law updates physician pay arrangements | 'This stability is essential': 5 physicians on employment | 10 worst states for independent physicians | Physician accused of billing fraud

September 21, 2022

• Top 10 states for private practice physicians | Mich. physician convicted of $1.8M fraud scheme | Employed physician salary: 13 stats | 3 changes affecting physician group reimbursements | Texas physician 'gold card' rules to take effect

September 16, 2022

• Avg. base salary for 18 physician specialties | Physicians urge CMS to ease medical practice burdens | Physician group deals jump 145% | Texas physician accused of tampering with IV bag at ASC arrested | What employed physicians like least about their job

September 14, 2022

• 13 physician group acquisitions totaling $2.7B | Texas physician pleads guilty to over-prescribing, fraud | 'It is a conveyor belt': 5 thoughts on physician employment | Physician-owned practices usually pay better | CVS, Amazon, UnitedHealth look to prim

September 09, 2022

• CEO to depart 1,000-physician group | Physician gets 1 year in prison for illegal drug scripts | 4 Amazon healthcare moves | 2023 physician pay schedule could destabilize Medicare: AMA | Highest-paying workplaces for PAs

September 07, 2022

• CVS Health to buy Signify for $8B | Physicians urge CMS to boost 2023 conversion factor | CMOs' most pressing issues | NC court rules nurses liable for harm carried out under physicians' orders

September 02, 2022

• Neurosurgeon accepted $3.3M in bribes to operate at hospital | Physician named to Biden's infrastructure council | UPMC president on 'how we rebuild our workforce' | Physicians criticize Calif. report on employee mental health

August 31, 2022

• Optum spent $2B on physician group | Cigna names chief health officer | Frmr. MercyOne director claims she was fired for reporting surgeon | What 'quiet quitting' looks like at hospitals | Physicians + taxes: 10 facts | 1st US monkeypox death confirmed

August 26, 2022

• Garnet Health closing 4 physician practices | Amazon Care to close | Nev. physician charged with illegally distributing drugs from a fake clinic | Student debt relief's effect on physicians | Physician bad behavior on social media

August 24, 2022

• Envision sees steep losses, AmSurg revenue hits $55M | 15 med schools that leave students with the most debt | The worst behavior physicians witness in the workplace | No Surprises Act final rule issued

August 19, 2022

• Physician commits $600M insurance fraud, gets 10 years in prison | Physician's playbook for payer negotiations | Physicians see spike in misbehavior | 4 CMOs on the best advice they've received | UnitedHealth vs. Anthem vs. Cigna

August 17, 2022

• 'Depersonalization' of medicine lingers | Brigham Health associate CMO joins BCBS Massachusetts | Calif. physician to pay $1.9M fraud settlement | 14 physicians run for office | VBC in 2022 | Endoscopy center sold for $15M

August 12, 2022

• Highest-paying physician specialties: 2022 | Tenet, Steward feud after $1.1B deal | CVS names physician SVP, retail healthcare | 9.1% inflation intensifies physician economic woes | Physician gets year in prison for illegal substance distribution

August 10, 2022

• Surgeon defends 'Dr. Death 2.0' allegations | Physicians ask CMS for more time to comply with No Surprises Act | 4 states alter noncompete laws | 6 PE physician practices hotspots | Kaiser posts $1.3B loss | 7 healthcare notes out of Democrats' $739B bill

August 05, 2022

• Why this Fla. physician retired early | Physician gets 15 years in prison for 5 patient deaths | How HCA, Tenet, CHS and UHS fared in Q2 | 10 hospitals laying off workers | Physician investments jump 20% in Q2 | 10 states with the most physician searches

August 03, 2022

• Where 5 physician owners see big growth | Physicians get $15M in class-action lawsuit | What happens when physicians retire early? | Physician pay declines in Q2 | 5 best, worst states for healthcare | CMS releases final inpatient payment rule

July 29, 2022

• 10 specialties with the highest pay jumps | Tenet, Amazon & Optum: 3 deals | Former Texas health system CEO charged in $1.2B fraud case | 10 largest medical groups | Physicians are best equipped to lead | Travel nurse wages take a hit

July 27, 2022

• 5 top revenue-driving physician specialties | Fired physician sues Ind. hospital | How declining physician pay will alter the healthcare industry | $3.9B Amazon-One Medical deal could affect acquisitions | Watch for these signs of illegal telehealth deals

July 22, 2022

• Amazon strikes $3.9B deal for One Medical | Why physicians prefer private practice to hospitals | Patient sues Pa. physician, blames for opioid addiction | Private practice physicians by the numbers | Speciality physicians see salary spike

July 20, 2022

• 'Patients will suffer': The impact of potential CMS pay cut | 10 specialties with lowest starting pay | 4 physicians suing former employers | CMS may update its Stark Law disclosure protocols | 3 trends complicating physician pay

July 15, 2022

• 91 physician pay stats | Optum's shakeup: 6 leaders exit | 142 Q2 physician group deals | SCOTUS clarifies controlled substance prescription standard | Physician owners work more than non-owners | CEO convicted in $600M surgical billing fraud

July 13, 2022

• Physicians balk at Medicare proposed pay cuts | Physician guilty of operating $35M pill mill | Why physicians are fleeing private practice | Iowa board sanctions physician who gave up license in Minn. | Where physicians pay the highest malpractice premium

July 08, 2022

• CMS proposes 4.43% physician fee cut | NY physician blames payer, health center for bankruptcy | How hospitals fight physician loneliness | The most and least satisfied specialists | 148 best US hospitals | More states push to clarify CRNA scope

July 06, 2022

• 20 NorthShore physicians called in to treat parade shooting victims | 5 wealthiest, lowest net worth specialties | SLUcare physician group, SSM partner | Why physician finances are up or down | 9 healthcare billing fraud cases

July 01, 2022

• Physician to pay $31M for fake claims | Top 10 issues physicians faced in 2021 | 11 most popular ancillary services | 30 MBA programs with the best ROI | How to care for patients you resent | Physician group deals nearly double

June 29, 2022

• 15 physicians pay $2.8M to settle kickback allegations | 19 health systems with strong finances | Feds target no-poach agreements | Where physicians lost money in 2021 | SCOTUS sides with physicians in opioid prescribing case

June 27, 2022

• 7 numbers making physicians nervous | Medical groups react to Roe v Wade overturn | Physician charged with $11M fraud scheme | Top 5 states for nurse pay | Tenn. hospital defends CEO selection process | Anesthesiologist wealth : 4 notes

June 24, 2022

• Physicians' bad investments | Job openings at top hospitals, health systems | 10 specialties with most physicians worth under $500K | FTC targeting healthcare PE deals | What physicians need to know about PA | Independent physicians: 7 updates

June 22, 2022

• 70 Tufts physicians head to Boston Children's | 10 specialties with the most physicians worth $5M+ | Physician convicted in $4.4M Tricare fraud scheme | Nurses take aim at CEO pay | Patients losing access to physicians amid telehealth rollbacks

June 17, 2022

• Behind the unsustainability of Medicare's physician pay system | Hospital CEO exits surge | Steward to pay $4.7M to settle kickback allegations | Physician owners: 12 moves | 340B pay cut overturned | 6 PA pay stats

June 08, 2022

• Why a physician group exited a payer's network | Physician says board is using 'phony' evaluation for discipline | What's the most attractive employment model to young physicians? | 10 ways to overhaul CMS' physician payment system

June 01, 2022

• States where physicians are paid the most, least | Physician sentenced for smuggling drug to sell as COVID-19 'miracle cure' | Leverage for physicians courting job offers | Physician group severs contract with Anthem | 4 physicians running for office

May 27, 2022

• Worst places for physicians to practice | Fla. physician, CEO convicted in $4.5M kickback scheme | Dowling: 'Every hospital leader should be screaming what an abomination this is' | 950 Mich. physicians call to reinstate oversight of CRNAs

May 25, 2022

• Best states for physicians to practice | Physician monthly, weekly & hourly pay per state | Ky. physician charged with murder-for-hire | 15 states hit most, least by the Great Resignation | Data breach hits 500K people at Ill. physician group

May 20, 2022

• 108,700+ physicians move to employment | Physician accused of designing, selling ransomware | Physician pay vs. nurse pay per state | Patients unhappy with 'corporate medicine' turn to independent physicians | Mich. CRNAs given full practice authority

May 18, 2022

• 400-physician group joins Duke after suit alleging takeover | Rudeness: A care quality issue | POH pays $1.1M to settle billing fraud | Top-paying metro areas for 4 healthcare careers | Hospitals cutting services over staffing shortages

May 13, 2022

• 29 physician specialties see pay jumps | Physician charged $8.4M for Medicare fraud | Highest projected physician shortages vs. job resignation rates per state | Self-employed physicians make 18% more | Work/life balance is #1 priority for physicians

May 11, 2022

• Physician pay vs. average cost of living per state | Texas physician fired amid alleged misconduct | USC Keck physicians vote to join union | Top 25 physician specialties by average charges | Atrium, Advocate Aurora to merge

May 6, 2022

• Physicians to exit Anthem after 5 yrs of flat pay | United policies push physicians to Optum, lawsuit claims | What's driving physician revenue | 15% of physicians didn't get a raise last year | Seasoned workers join the Big Quit

May 4, 2022

• Physician pay hits 2-year high | Physician charged $5M for scheme to defraud NBA health plan | Physician 'gold card' exemptions gain steam | How Google became most popular source for physician search | Payers send mixed signals to physicians

April 29, 2022

• Physician ownership model OK'd by OIG | How much are physician bonuses? | SSM to create 1,200+ physician group | Physicians can win big with ASCs | Surgeon convicted of battery at hospital | 150 top places to work in healthcare

April 27, 2022

• Physicians' private payer problem | Top-paying specialties over 5 years | Physician whistleblower's false claims suit dismissed | Where physicians are flocking to employed models | Optum's multibillion-dollar acquisition spree

April 22, 2022

• Physician indicted in $10M fraud scheme | Optum ups bid 223% for physician group | What may draw physicians to private practice | Physician incentive bonuses by specialty | Private practice physicians drop to 26% | The innovation physicians need

April 20, 2022

• Physician acquitted of 14 counts of murder | What 9 physician billionaires have in common | Top-earning states for physicians | 74% of physicians are hospital, corporate employees | Physicians, whistleblowers win millions in FCA cases

April 15, 2022

• Physicians' biggest enemy | Physician pay by specialty | Physicians win $60M in 4 lawsuits | Physician will pay $775K to settle false claims charges | CMS policies tempering physician investment, exec says | Inflation hits 40-year high

April 13, 2022

• Physician took millions in kickbacks for referrals, US alleges | Physician opportunities for growth | Best med schools for 8 specialties | Inflation could stall physician retirements | Physician whistleblowers collect portion of $24M fraud settlement

April 8, 2022

• 33 billionaires in healthcare | Physician to pay $40.8K settlement | CMS changes physicians want | 10 lowest paying states for PAs | Prices for 2 of Medicare's most expensive drugs more than double | 10 best med schools for surgeons

April 6, 2022

• 9 physician billionaires | Physician group acquisitions up 119% | Physician convicted of fraudulently referring patients to hospice | States ranked by surgeon pay | Scant guidance on 2nd booster leaves physicians with Qs

April 1, 2022

• Independent physicians' consolidation alternative | Physician sues Epic over questionnaires | Physicians asked to return up to $250K in pandemic aid | 715-physician group lays off nurses | Rudeness on the rise

March 30, 2022

• 200+ physicians have left HCA's Mission: watchdog | Best medical schools for 2023 | Injured patient allowed to sue physician group | PE buyouts concerning physicians | YouTube's physician influencers

March 25, 2022

• Private practice physicians' dilemma | 5 highest-paying states for physicians | Physician wins $20M verdict against Johnson & Johnson | What separates 'good' from 'great' leaders? | Travel nurses: 9 stats | 10 physicians, CEO to pay $1.68M settlement

March 23, 2022

• 15 best, worst states for physicians | Amazon wants a physician leader | Ex-Vanderbilt nurse's fatal drug error trial starts | Clinician mental health bill becomes law | Va. physician sentenced in $1.8M fraud scheme

March 18, 2022

• Fauci expects 'bit of increase' to COVID cases | US primary care lags: 5 findings | 'Rather rule in hell than be janitor in heaven' | Average physician age, by specialty | 1 in 3 clinicians may exit by 2024 | Exec pay at CHS, Tenet, HCA

March 16, 2022

• Why physicians are headed to private practice | Physician pay freeze should stay: MedPAC | Most-followed physician influencers | Calif. physician charged with $36M CMS fraud | 'Can anyone blame nurses for turning the tables? '

March 11, 2022

• Saving the art of medicine | 12 physicians sentenced to prison for $250M billing fraud | Biden to nominate 3 physicians to administration | 88 CMOs to know | Physician malpractice by the numbers | Physician's thoughts on loss of autonomy

March 9, 2022

• Physicians' biggest threats | Physicians per capita: States ranked | NY physician pleads guilty to $3M fraud | NewYork-Presbyterian CXO: A new approach to patient experience | 1 in 5 physicians are depressed | 892 hospitals at risk of closure

March 4, 2022

• Healthcare's $979M physician problem | 15 states hit most, least by the 'Great Resignation' | 71 physician practice, ASC closures | 25 US hospitals among 100 best in world | 10 states likely hit hardest by physician shortages in 2030

March 2, 2022

• Physician quality bonuses down 41% | Why physicians don't have more power in healthcare | Should medical errors be criminalized? | A devastating month for hospital finances | What physicians may lose when the national emergency ends

February 25, 2022

• 7 thoughts on great leadership | 4 physicians worth $35.8B combined | Noncompete agreements: What physicians should know | Next gen. of physicians demand more of hospitals | 17 'overpaid' healthcare CEOs

February 23, 2022

• Hospitals snap up physicians: Who wins? | 29 burned out specialties, ranked | 55 hospitals dinged 8 yrs. straight over care quality | 23% of workers likely to exit healthcare | Orthopedic ASCs per capita for all 50 states

February 18, 2022

• Fla. physician accused of repeatedly striking patient | Physician to pay $1.5M for taking kickbacks | Midwest physicians earn the highest pay: 10 notes | Physicians call out pandemic privilege many ignore | Antitrust suits heating up in 2022

February 16, 2022

• Physician convicted of $110M fraud | Hospital CEO pay: 10 stats | Physician wants antitrust, monopoly suit tossed | Where healthcare workers go after quitting | Kickback scheme ends in $100K payment for physician group | 10 states with most physicians

February 11, 2022

• Physicians indicted in $300M kickback scheme | Top 10 physician Instagram influencers | What's the on-ramp for the next COVID-19 surges? | The investment physicians may prefer to Apple, Tesla | 10 physician pay trends

February 9, 2022

• Tower physician fired over unproven treatments | PPOA to pay $3.3M to settle noncompete claims | Inflation hits physicians hard | Hospitals' ivory tower problem | What physicians in 29 specialties earn

February 4, 2022

• Physicians: 10 worst states for private practice | Calif. surgeon has license restricted | HHS gives $19.2M to train physicians in rural areas | 50 states of population health | Congress & healthcare in 2022: 5 things for physicians to watch

February 2, 2022

• Will CMS physician pay cuts ever happen? | Mastermind of $9M physician kickback scheme sentenced | 8 physicians penalized over misinformation in 1 year | 10 specialties with highest projected physician shortage | Fla. physician group snags $500M

January 28, 2022

• Top 10 states, metro areas for physician pay | Are hospitals getting more aggressive against private practices? | 8 most popular TikTok physicians | CMO leaves NJ hospital after probe into managerial concerns | Prior authorizations: 11 insights

January 26, 2022

• TikTok, MD | Ky. physician pleads guilty to tax evasion | Worst cities for physician pay in the last 5 years | Physician pay cuts & more reimbursement notes | 15 best states for retirement | 113 great healthcare leaders | The problem with quasi-experts

January 21, 2022

• 7 Texas physicians charged in $1.1M kickback scheme | A pandemic task physicians dread | Best cities for physician pay over the last 5 years | Top 10 surgery residency programs | Why don't hospitals just pay full-time nurses more?

January 19, 2022

• Physicians charged in $100M fraud scheme | Stark Law in 2021 | What happens when physicians sell their practices | 55% of physicians would take a pay cut for a better work-life balance | Optum revenue hits $155.6B

January 14, 2022

• Physician pay freeze backed by MedPAC | $7.4M fraud settlement for physician owner, ASCs | SCOTUS backs CMS' COVID-19 shot mandate for healthcare workers | Physician ranked best job paying $100K+ | Hospitals' plea to patients: be kind

January 12, 2022

• 'Campaign of intimidation' forced physicians into restrictive employment, lawsuit allege | Physician falls to No. 4 best healthcare job | Healthcare workers can't get off the COVID-19 rollercoaster | 12 more health systems delay nonurgent surgery

January 5, 2022

• Physician vs. healthcare CEO pay | Where hospitals are critically short on staff | 11 physician practice, ASC closures | CMS sets vaccination deadline for hospitals in 25 states | Inflation outpacing growth in physician pay

December 29, 2021

• 10 highest-paying physician employer types | 10 states COVID may hit hardest by NYE | J&J wants $2.4M from surgeons after failed whistleblower suit | Physicians are concerned about omicron's paradox | Tenet closes $1.1B deal | 14 CMO moves

December 22, 2021

• DOJ asks Supreme Court to allow CMS vaccine rule | Physician guilty of $355M fraud scheme | 1 in 5 physicians to exit practice within 2 years | Fully vaccinated people getting COVID will be 'new normal,' 1 expert says | Physician pay in the US: 6 findings

December 17, 2021

• DOJ asks Supreme Court to allow CMS vaccine rule | Physician guilty of $355M fraud scheme | 1 in 5 physicians to exit practice within 2 years | Fully vaccinated people getting COVID will be 'new normal,' 1 expert says | Physician pay in the US: 6 findings

December 15, 2021

• Physician pay cuts averted | Omicron spread + symptoms: WHO, CDC updates | Physician indicted in $37M kickback scheme | Medical group deals up 119% | House passes clinician mental health bill | Independent physicians earn more than employed: Study

December 10, 2021

• Senate votes to avert Medicare physician pay cuts | Physician, devicemaker to pay $4.2M to settle kickback claims | Where nonurgent surgeries are being delayed | Surgeons get higher pay after vertical integration with hospitals

December 8, 2021

• 5 top-paying physician specialties | House passes bill to avert CMS cuts | Frmr anesthesiologist pleads guilty in surgeon's death | PE surgical investments by region | 6 states tied to 60% of COVID hospitalizations

December 3, 2021

• Medicare payment rule baffles Supreme Court | 2 physicians, 1 nurse sentenced in $40M fraud scheme | Average physician pay hits $362K: 4 notes | 9 hospitals, systems halt vaccination mandates | Specialties with the most malpractice suits

December 1, 2021

• Ga. physician allegedly fired for voicing policy concerns | Physicians concerned after Erlinger exec removal | 6,000 physicians under Optum | Top winter vacation recommendations for physicians | Federal judges block healthcare worker vaccine rule

November 26, 2021

• Judge rejects Fla. bid to block CMS vaccine rule | Wis. physician sentenced for $13M fraud scheme | Who is exempt from the CMS COVID-19 vaccination mandate? | PE surgery acquisition trends | HCA defeats billing fraud claims

November 24, 2021

• OIG OKs anesthesia-physician owner profit arrangement | Fla. physician sentenced in $29M false claims case | Cleveland Clinic saves $133M in physician retention | Houston hospital set to lose Medicare contract | US to invest $1.5B in healthcare workforce

November 19, 2021

• CMS' physician self-referral updates for 2022 | Houston Methodist CEO 'personally offended' by physician's COVID claims | CommonSpirit eyes 14-hospital sale | More states challenge vaccine mandate | 20 most cost-efficient health systems

November 17, 2021

• 9% CMS pay cut for physicians ahead in 2022 | Houston Methodist physician resigns after suspension over COVID-19 social media posts | CMS finalizes Open Payment changes | COVID-19 makes spotty resurgence before Thanksgiving | Will robots replace surgeons?

November 12, 2021

• 10 states dispute CMS' vaccine mandate | Physician sued for alleged anticompetitive conduct | Leapfrog's 'F' and straight-'A' hospitals | 8 hospitals cutting jobs | Southwest faces COVID surge | CMS rescinds rule for 'breakthrough' tech

November 10, 2021

• 5,400-physician network dissolved | Physician pay in 2021: up in 8 specialties, down in 9 | Tenet strikes $1.2B ASC deal | BJC HealthCare names CMO, CQO | 25 AGs want NJ hospital deal blocked

November 5, 2021

• CMS' vaccination rule: 6 questions answered | How a physician tied to misinformation renewed her medical license | 30K+ Kaiser workers to strike | States ranked by percentage of adults without a physician | Hospitals support UPMC in battle with feds

November 3, 2021

• CMS drops 3 final rules: 12 details | Erlanger physician removed from leadership role | Why retirees are delaying Social Security | CEO of 2 hospitals resigns | 14 hospitals seeking CMOs | Wash. physicians up by 769 in 2021

October 29, 2021

• CMS dings 2,499 hospitals for high readmissions | As the pandemic wanes, how do we talk about it? | 700-provider group expands in Fla. | 13 recent CNO, CMO moves | Ariz. physician indicted in 10-year billing fraud case | Northwell to launch AI companies

October 27, 2021

• Kaiser defrauded CMS of $1B, DOJ alleges | Vaccine mandates affecting CEO recruitment | 9 hospital deals scrapped | FTC tightens reins on healthcare mergers | COVID budges toward endemic in NYC

October 22, 2021

• Physician-owned practice pays $1.25M to settle billing allegations | How physician ownership is changing in 2021 | HCA moves to toss antitrust lawsuit | Compensation trends physicians are seeing | CEO, CNO resign from CHS hospital in Ariz.

October 20, 2021

• Congress urged to halt 9%+ physician pay cut | Healthcare may see a 'Great Retirement,' too | NM hospital physicians demand new CEO | HCA wants antitrust suit tossed | 11 fastest-growing healthcare jobs over next decade

October 15, 2021

• Fired health system exec pleads guilty to wire fraud, tax evasion | Stark law clarifies profit allocation for group practices | Unvaccinated healthcare workers demand jobs back in Texas | Agency staffing hospital amid strike is unlicensed: NY AG

October 13, 2021

• UPMC, physician group defend surgery, billing practices | 1 in 5 physicians has considered quitting | Anesthesiologists want UnitedHealth investigated | Hospitals still face COVID surges in 3 states | Kaiser workers authorize strike

October 8, 2021

• Physician sues clinic for alleged antitrust, monopolistic behavior | Is AI replacing physicians? | Physicians urge WH to scale back booster plan | Why physician leaders should ask big questions

October 6, 2021

• Physician unqualified to perform surgery allegedly caused patient death | Physician pay up in 8 specialties | Kaiser suspends 2,200 staff | Staff file restraining order against Ill. clinic's vaccine mandate | NY suspends prior authorizations

October 1, 2021

• Physician pleads guilty to tax fraud, illegal distribution of opioids | Top-paying physician specialties in last 5 years | Texas physician 'gold card': Why some object | Physician threatened for refusing to give ivermectin, hydroxychloroquine

September 24, 2021

• Mich. physician convicted in $100M scheme | The lesser-known effect of surgery delays | Physician who gave out expiring vaccines sues county for $1M | Pfizer boosters for healthcare workers | New 'medical freedom' physician group fuels misinformation

September 22, 2021

• Physician tied to misinformation loses license | 10% physician pay cut by CMS looms large | COVID-19 surge's cost in 5 numbers | FDA: 2 COVID-19 lab tests might give false positives | 20 top hospitals for cost efficiency

September 17, 2021

• America's wealthiest physician: 9 notes | Hospital asks unvaccinated employees to prove religious exemption | Physician pays $6.75M, settles unneeded procedures charges | Physician net worth in US vs. other countries

September 15, 2021

• Physicians linked to misinformation still licensed despite boards' warnings | Stark regs tightened on physician group pay for ancillaries | Henry Ford closes 120 beds due to staffing shortage | $17B coming for physician groups with COVID-19 revenue losses

September 10, 2021

• Why a physician refuses to treat the unvaccinated in person | Biden's new plan to combat delta | 9 health systems delayed nonemergent surgeries in the past week | 2 federal cases involving orthopedists | Ransomware wipes out Ariz. clinic's EHR

September 8, 2021

• QAnon followers target Chicago hospital over ivermectin | 700-physician practice invests in 2nd medical group | 2 physicians killed in plane crash | Travel nurses quit Calif. hospital after 1 day over EHR

September 3, 2021

• 842 U of Ill.-Chicago physicians unionize | Neurosurgeon's bill allows some physicians to bypass prior authorization | 24-clinic Fla. practice files for bankruptcy | South Africa identifies new COVID-19 variant

September 1, 2021

• Physicians prescribing ivermectin despite FDA warning | Viewpoint: We need to get real about the pandemic endgame | $7M awarded to pain center patient's family after alleged script denial | Hospital workers charged with buying fake vaccine cards

August 27, 2021

• NY physicians indicted in $31M trip-and-fall scheme | How US physician pay compares to other countries | Physician group to end allegedly illegal noncompete contracts | Physicians see more critically ill pregnant women | Neb. hospitals to limit electives

August 25, 2021

• Physician terminated by hospital after charging for mask opt-outs | 12K patients' info exposed in 45-minute hack of physician group | Stark proposal brings more pay arrangements under scrutiny | Eye center sued for $815K over alleged billing fraud

August 20, 2021

• Physician indicted in $26M kickback scheme | 100+ stats on physician pay | Bankrupt NJ health plan says it can't pay out medical claims | Surgeons to CMS: 'Concentrate on real patient safety issues' | Why vaccine passports give this physician déjà vu

August 18, 2021

• Surgeon sues Sutter Health, alleges racial discrimination | Payers shift strategy to keep physicians independent | Calif. surgeon cleared in $500M fraud case | Judge orders CVS to fill pain physician's prescriptions

August 13, 2021

• Don't let the term 'elective' fool you: physicians | Physicians ask Mass. governor to end nurses' strike | 6 physicians' best career decisions | Tampa General, USF Health to form new physician group | No. of physician search assignments by setting

August 11, 2021

• Physician signing bonuses reach $240K | GI sues hospital, alleges wrongful termination | 12 most-recruited specialties | Physicians posting misinformation are a minority of Doximity's users: CEO | 3 states record highest caseloads of pandemic

August 6, 2021

• Physician gets 6.5 years in prison for billing scam | 1000s of physicians joined the 3 biggest ASC co's in 2021 | Hospitals, health systems mandating staff vaccines | Physician's worst online behavior | WH notes 'significant' rise in vaccinations

August 4, 2021

• Baylor Scott & White demands physician stop using its name | Physician sues Mississippi hospital over pay issues | 7 ways this COVID-19 surge is different | Most common bad physician behaviors | ASC sues to block hospital's 'anticompetitive' acquisition

July 30, 2021

• Physician surrenders license after guilty kickback plea | Big corps may be eyeing your system's top physician | 'War has changed' against COVID-19: CDC | Physician vaccine misinformers could lose license | CMS may redefine 'physician-owned distributor'

July 28, 2021

• Physician lives at hospital to be always available | No. 1 hospital in each state | Elective surgeries delayed at Fla., La. hospitals | Worst investments, decisions for 7 physicians | OHSU cuts med school class size | COVID-19 surge to peak in mid-October

July 23, 2021

• 10% physician pay cut looms; AMA urges action | $3.5M kickback scheme allegedly involved 3 physicians | 10 numbers showing hospitals' recovery | Fla. physician-owned hospital approved | USPI adds 1,100 physicians in 2021

July 21, 2021

• Why physicians left HCA hospital | Physician pays $2M to resolve allegations of selling practice above FMV | CMS aims to reinstate the inpatient only list | 31 physician practices, clinics closed |  US renews COVID-19 emergency declaration

July 16, 2021

• 12 physicians leave HCA-acquired hospital | Physician shortage could hit 124K by 2034 | Surgeons balk at CMS' proposed pay cut | Top 15 nonmedical side gigs for physicians | Duke physicians 1st in US to implant new artificial heart

July 14, 2021

• CMS may cut physician pay | What ending noncompetes means for physicians | Biden to nominate 1st physician as US drug czar | 15 best, worst states for business | CMS pitches Open Payments updates | Systems sue da Vinci robot maker over alleged monopoly

July 9, 2021

• Biden to crack down on noncompetes | NY physician gets 17 years in prison for kickback scheme | 15 best + worst states for retirement | Surgeon's $9M win against Texas ASC overturned

July 7, 2021

• Physicians go unpaid at NH system | Scrutiny intensifies on illegal referrals | Dollar General: Rural America's new health hub? | Highest-earning physician specialties | Gastro Health partners with 17 GIs who left hospital

July 2, 2021

• Physician in legal battle with Adena joins competing system | 70% of physicians now employed by hospitals, corporations | Physician accused of vaccine theft won't be indicted | 14% of physicians sought new employment due to COVID

June 30, 2021

• Physician fired after antisemitic social media posts | Which physician groups will have power in the future? | 3 insurers accused of running 'ghost networks' in Calif. | Physician to pay $15M in fraud case | Doximity IPO includes 10,000 physicians

June 25, 2021

• Texas physician gets 7 years in prison | Physicians' objections to system execs grows with 'no confidence' votes | What are the most 'in demand' specialities? | SC denies Medtronic attempt to reverse physician's $112M royalties win

June 23, 2021

• Why 150+ physicians exited hospital contracts | Mayo physician fired after penning book with confidential info. | 9 hospitals that mark up bills by 10+x | PE + VC: 10 observations | Delta variant likely to become dominant in US within weeks

June 18, 2021

• Physician stabbed by patient sues hospital | Illinois' largest physician group expands into Indiana | Calif. anesthesia group files for bankruptcy | Supreme Court upholds ACA | Surgeon permanently banned from practicing in NJ

June 16, 2021

• Surgeon sues IU Health to break 'monopoly' on physicians | The bad investments physicians made last year | 10 best children's hospitals: US News | BCBSIL terminated contract without warning, physician group says | Primary care group makes $600M purchase

June 11, 2021

• US physician shortage could hit 124,000 in 13 years | 3rd physician, FDA panel member to resign over Alzheimer's drug approval | New reasons insurers are denying payment | Best states for physicians to practice over the past 5 years

June 9, 2021

• Profit sharing, bonuses for physicians: 7 Stark Law updates | UnitedHealthcare may not cover ER care it deems nonemergent | 10 physician income stats | Houston Methodist's vaccine mandate: Results are in

June 4, 2021

• Top 10 ways physicians earn secondary income | Surgeon accuses 2 device co's of patent infringement | AMA joins opposition to 'physician associate' rebrand | 6 providers on Fortune 500 list | 13 women making moves in healthcare leadership

June 2, 2021

• 117 Houston Methodist employees sue over vaccine mandate | Physician group halts cases for 30 days after staff resignations | PA title change opposed by AOA | 10 states with the highest tax burden | Biden's $6T budget: 7 healthcare details

May 26, 2021

• Microsoft 'not looking to compete with doctors,' exec says | Surgeon gets 15 months in prison for taking kickbacks | Top states for physicians | Children's Colorado 'overrun with kids attempting suicide' | 10 most, least racially inclusive hospitals

May 21, 2021

• Stop calling everything 'burnout' | Tech company buys 700-physician network | Cardiologist sentenced for 10-year healthcare scheme | Physician owed $1 for lost hospital privileges | Surgeon lands inaugural leadership role at Kettering Health

May 19, 2021

• Calif. clinic chain abruptly closes | Medical schools overestimate primary care graduate volume | CDC reshuffles COVID-19 response | Physicians, CaroMont resolve noncompete clause dispute | Why a large American city has a hospital desert

May 14, 2021

• Texas hospitals to pay $20.9M for alleged kickbacks to physician groups | The 8 greatest healthcare leaders in 2021 | 9 physicians on the evolution of the chief wellness officer | Is the term 'patient' outdated? Why this physician thinks so

May 12, 2021

• Physicians to exit Tower Health amid shakeup | Dartmouth accuses 17 med students of online cheating | Physicians see fewer recruiting offers | Jefferson stops linking physician bonuses, patient fundraising referrals | 200 Pa. physicians unite

May 7, 2021

• Physician-owned hospital accuses Ex-CFO, COO of stealing millions | How CMS ranked US News' 20 Honor Roll hospitals | Surgical group, hospital pays $10M for alleged improper billing | Why ORs are getting a makeover

May 5, 2021

• Why are physicians leaving this NC hospital? | Surgeon to pay $4.4M to resolve kickback allegations | Kaiser to lay off 200 employees | When hospitals buy physician groups, Medicare spending increases

April 30, 2021

• 3 surgeons sued for alleged breach of contract | Petition urges reinstatement of physician terminated after contract impasse | 455 hospitals with 5 stars from CMS | $2B Mass General expansion faces backlash

April 28, 2021

• Ohio physician charged with assault after dispute with colleague | Top 100 hospitals: Fortune/IBM Watson | Employers, fed up with insurers, turn to ASCs | 5 specialties earning highest bonuses | How UnitedHealth aims to make Optum a $100B business

April 23, 2021

• OptumCare is changing physician pay | CDC reassigns head of COVID vaccine task force | Biden's CMS pick on hold after billions in Texas Medicaid funding revoked | Male physicians see 30% larger paychecks than female colleagues

April 21, 2021

• Cigna accuses physician practice of price gouging | Why Walmart's 1st health clinic med director left for private practice | $33M flagship opened by 25-physician group | 10 states with the most employed physicians | Physician among 2 dead in Tesla crash

April 16, 2021

• 2% CMS physician pay cut delayed to 2022 | 29 physician specialties ranked by annual compensation | NY BCBS policy change drives surgery to ASCs | 5,800 COVID infections detected among 77M fully vaccinated people

April 14, 2021

• Physician collects $26M in wrongful termination suit | 9 best health systems to work for: Fortune | Hospital sues physicians attempting to exit contracts | 1 dead in shooting at Ohio hospital | Hospitals aren't rushing to buy ASCs

April 9, 2021

• Mass. General president to step down after 18 years | Physician allegedly pocketed nearly $300K in COVID relief | Mich. hospitals postpone elective surgeries | July 1 too soon for new prior authorization rules, surgeons tell CMS

April 7, 2021

• 9 physician billionaires in the US | Wis. hospital replaces anesthesiologists with CRNAs | 14 top-paying states for physicians | Physician files for bankruptcy, alleges employee stole $100K+ | Midwest may be on verge of 4th COVID-19 wave

April 2, 2021

• Wis. physician pleads guilty to $26M fraud | Physician group under investigation tries to claw back emails | Cardiology group sues SSM Health for $50M over lost hospital privileges | Anesthesia group claims UnitedHealthcare shut them out of Optum ASCs

March 31, 2021

• Feds eye $147M paid to clinic owner for uninsured COVID-19 treatment | Best Medical Schools 2022 | Physician sues hospital, alleges wrongful termination | Ochsner to buy 33-physician group | Young, unvaccinated adults fuel Mich. COVID-19 surge

March 26, 2021

• USC to pay $1.1B for physician scandal | Lead JAMA editor on leave after controversial podcast | 6 big ideas in healthcare innovation | Mass General Brigham shakes up leadership | What's happening with CMS' 2% pay cut

March 24, 2021

• Calif. medical group to close, lay off 151 | Physician gets jail time for placing explosives at hospital | Physician pays $188K to scammers posing as DOJ | 10 best, worst states to practice medicine | Hospital execs, physicians sentenced in $200M scheme

March 17, 2021

• Instagram photos in OR prompt investigation at Spectrum | Physician sues medical group, alleges illegal payment for referrals | Amazon expanding telemedicine nationally | COVID-19 hot spots threaten to reemerge in Midwest, Northeast

March 10, 2021

• Surgeon defends taking Zoom call from OR | 5 top states for healthcare: US News | The biggest threat to physician ownership | CMS revises MSSP timeline | Optum has 5.4% of US physicians: 5 notes | NY surgeon to pay $783K to resolve billing fraud case

March 3, 2021

• Optum to buy 715-physician group | 2 shot at Texas medical office | Surgeon investigated for attending Zoom traffic trial from OR | Texas, Miss. to lift COVID-19 restrictions | Physician gets 5 years in prison | Payers pushing procedures to ASCs

February 24, 2021

• Pa. physician stabbed on the job | NY physician charged in patient death | J&J's vaccine is safe, FDA says | 45 physician practice sales in January | Thousands of physicians can't get into residency programs

February 17, 2021

• Kindred cuts CMO role | Iowa hospital: Surgeon's libel suit poses a public welfare threat | Amazon in healthcare: 7 notes | Cleveland Clinic taps 2 physicians for international roles | Practice to close after hospital drops service agreement

February 10, 2021

• Healthgrades' 50 top hospitals | 1 dead, 4 injured in Minn. clinic shooting | 16 physicians exit NC health system | 20 healthiest, unhealthiest US cities | COVID-19 deaths down in every region | HCA names new CMO for North Florida division

February 3, 2021

• Physician charged with unprofessional conduct after patient dies | Kaiser would need 4 years to vaccinate Calif. patients at current supply rate | 5 best paying cities, states for physicians | 1M vaccines headed to retail pharmacies

January 27, 2021

• 2 dead after hostage standoff at Texas medical office | Humana to open 100+ Medicare clinics | Physician shortage forces Ariz. hospital to close ICU | Vaccine theft charge against physician dismissed | 10 areas with highest physician pay growth

January 20, 2021

• Physician purposely exposed patients to COVID-19, RI finds | Houston hospital lockout forces physicians to treat patients in parking lot | 14 highest-paid healthcare jobs | SC surgeon, hospital spar over planned ASCs | Biden to issue mask mandate today

January 13, 2021

• Optum in talks to acquire 715-physician group | Cities with biggest physician pay growth | Ohio uncovers new COVID-19 variant | Mont. physician gets prison time for drug kickback scheme | Glassdoor: 5 best hospitals to work for in '21

January 6, 2021

• LA paramedics told not to transport certain patients | Independent physicians, ASCs left out of COVID-19 vaccine plans | Cleveland Clinic names head of pediatric cardiology | Physicians report social media harassment

December 30, 2020

• Skip line for vaccine and lose your license, governors warn healthcare providers | Physicians link severe psychotic symptoms to COVID-19 | Independent medical groups grew profit per provider before pandemic | The 25 top paying states for physicians

December 23, 2020

• Pa. physician sentenced for involuntary manslaughter | NY hospital paid $1.5M severance to CMO forced out over disclosure failures | 10 specialties with the largest salary growth | Hospitals grow tense over who gets vaccinated, how it's decided

December 16, 2020

• Physician compensation hits $360,104 | Is it time to update physician pay, productivity surveys? | Mass. physician indicted in $10.6M billing fraud case | Leapfrog's 'F' and 'straight-A' hospitals | How hospitals decide who gets 1st COVID-19 vaccinations

December 9, 2020

• 'A physician's nightmare': NM hospitals on brink of rationing care | 110+ hospitals postponing elective surgery | Physicians skeptical of arthritis drug as COVID-19 treatment | Leapfrog names 2020 Top Hospitals | Limits eased on POHs

December 2, 2020

• CMS finalizes 2021 physician payment | 3 healthcare actions Biden plans to take in 1st 100 days | UC Health taps physician as CMO, interim COO | Michigan hospitals, restaurants square off | Top-paying jobs in all 50 states

November 25, 2020

• At-capacity Colo. hospitals can now deny patients | US has shortage of critical care physicians to operate ventilators | Physician practice sales in 2020: 5 insights | Clinical leadership during a crisis: 8 Qs with Northwell's Dr. Annabella Salvador-Kelly

November 18, 2020

• Physician urges Beaumont to oust top execs | Oncologist's sudden absence gets Mont. health system sued | Detroit Medical Center names CMO of adult central campus hospitals | NY physician pays $15K to settle alleged HIPAA violation

November 11, 2020

• Meet the 9 physicians on Biden's COVID-19 advisory board | Kaiser names new CMO | Conn. physician charged for 'super COVID tests' | NJ physician charged in $24.6M billing fraud scheme | 10 specialties with the lowest salaries in 2020

November 4, 2020

• 10 highest-paying cities for physicians | ER physicians accuse UnitedHealth of illegally underpaying claims | 5 things we know about the 2020 presidential election | Tenn. physicians pay $341K+ to settle allegations of overbilling

October 28, 2020

• Cardiology leader at Ohio hospital dies of COVID-19 complications | Physician practice revenues, visits still down, AMA finds | Texas center asks court to vacate $8M award to physician | Retired physicians call on Wash. hospital to split from system

October 21, 2020

• Roper St. Francis names 1st physician CEO | Surgeon sues Cincinnati Children's, alleges retaliation for reporting peer's practices | Early retirement on the table for 25% of physicians: 'Medscape' survey | 7 physician-owned hospitals, ASCs in the news

October 14, 2020

• How physician ownership is changing in 2020 | Highmark: Physician reimbursement program saved $1B+ | HCA physician dies of COVID-19 after wearing same mask for weeks | Google's 6 latest health-related job openings

October 7, 2020

• 4 Kansas hospital physicians resign amid concerns about CEO | 13 clinicians on President Trump's care team | Sale falls through for physician-owned hospital in Idaho | Study: Women physicians spend more time with patients, get paid less

September 30, 2020

• Ga. hospital pulls physicians, funding from joint venture | Physician group to join Intermountain Healthcare | Fired BayCare Health System cardiologist files wrongful termination suit | Dr. Conor Delaney named president of Cleveland Clinic Florida region

September 23, 2020

• ER physician contracts COVID-19, prompting 26 tests at Hawaii hospital | OIG: Physician coding errors led to millions in overpayments for stroke patients | Physician pay + the pandemic's effect: 50 stats | Mich. hospital sets up endowment for chief role