Orthopedics or plastic surgery has been the highest-paid physician specialty in each of the last five Medscape Physician Compensation Reports. Pediatrics has ranked in the bottom two every year. Plastic surgery led in the 2022 and 2023 reports. Orthopedics has…
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Independence Blue Cross will judge its new surgery center venture through its own claims data, a spokesperson for the Philadelphia-based insurer told Becker’s. IBX, Penn Medicine and Regent Surgical plan to develop at least 18 ASCs across Pennsylvania, New Jersey…
After a physician group acquisition, compliance teams should check every inherited compensation arrangement for three Stark Law red flags in the first 30 days, according to an Oct. 12 blog post from Ntracts, a healthcare contract management company. Here are…
ASCs worked 38% of their oldest accounts in 2025, compared with 92% of accounts less than 30 days old, according to HST Pathways’ 2026 State of the ASC Industry Report. The report draws on data from 682 surgery centers in…
Health systems that acquire physician groups take on compensation arrangements that carry Stark law obligations from the day of closing, according to an Oct. 12 blog post from Ntracts, a healthcare contract management company. Here are five things to know:…
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Independence Blue Cross has contracted with ASCs for years, but its new ownership stake in a surgery center company signals the insurer decided contracts alone were not enough. “Contracting remains an important part of Independence Blue Cross’s strategy, but that…
U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-N.J., introduced legislation Oct. 8 that would eliminate the No Surprises Act’s arbitration process for most out-of-network payment disputes starting in 2028. Mr. Pallone, one of the 2020 law’s original authors, said the bill, titled…
Physician practices face a crowded 2027: a proposed Medicare pay cut, a mandatory specialty model, the end of MIPS and new rules for remote monitoring and same-day visits. Most of the changes come from CMS’ proposed 2027 physician fee schedule,…
California’s Office of Administrative Law on Oct. 2 approved updated Office of Health Care Affordability regulations implementing Assembly Bill 1415. The regulations expand which private equity, hedge fund, MSO and real estate transactions must be reported to the state. Here…
A Boston physician has been sentenced to 36 months in prison for her role in telemedicine fraud and kickback schemes that led to more than $40 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare and Tricare, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office…