CMS wants to send even more surgical volume ASCs’ way — and some leaders think their case lists are about to grow relatively quickly. The agency proposed a rule July 2 that would revise Medicare payment rates for HOPDs and…
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Five physician specialties saw compensation decline, with hepatology down almost 9.7% year-over-year, according to 2026 MGMA compensation benchmarks analyzed by salary transparency platform Marit Health. Here are the five specialties:
The Justice Department announced its 2026 National Health Care Fraud Takedown on June 23, charging 455 defendants, including 90 physicians and other licensed medical professionals, in schemes involving more than $6.5 billion in false claims. Spanning 56 federal districts and…
Psychiatry saw the highest pay increase from 2025 to 2026 at 8.7%, according to 2026 MGMA compensation benchmarks analyzed by salary transparency platform Marit Health. Infectious Disease and rheumatology, both historically lower-compensated internal medicine subspecialties, also saw significant jumps. Here…
The anesthesia problem ASC leaders talk about is workforce. The one arriving next is payers. Vijay Bachani, president and chief growth officer of Roslyn Heights, N.Y.-based New York Bariatric Group, told Becker’s insurers are starting to punish ASCs for the…
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Minneapolis-St. Paul ranks as the top metro for physicians across all five specialties analyzed in a new report from Marit Health, which examined physician pay, malpractice insurance premiums, housing costs, commute times, family friendliness and health and fitness scores across…
Supply and implant costs are rising across ASC specialties, but three surgery center leaders say no single line item tells the full story. Orthopedic implants, anesthesia stipends and staffing costs are all climbing, and the administrators managing them say the…
Orthopedic surgery is moving out of the hospital faster than any payment system was built to handle, and the fight over who gets paid what for that shift is now the defining question for ASCs heading into 2026. The migration…
Anesthesia costs have become the biggest financial surprise hitting ASCs, and four surgery center leaders say the shift happened faster than most expected. Before 2022, most ASCs paid nothing for anesthesia coverage. Today, stipends and daily guarantees have turned anesthesia…
The compensation number a physician is quoted at signing is rarely the one that shows up in their bank account. The gap between physician’s headline compensation figure and actual take-home is wide, and three physician leaders joined Becker’s to discuss…