Pediatric nephrology is the physician specialty that saw the highest pay jump in the last year, according to Doximity’s “Physician Compensation Report 2025.” Doximity examined data from about 230,000 survey responses over the past six years, including responses from 37,000…
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A federal jury in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania found Drexel University and Drexel University School of Medicine not liable in a lawsuit brought by Sharon Griswold, MD, an emergency medicine physician and former Drexel faculty member, The Triangle reported…
Compass Surgical Partners and Synergen Health have entered into a strategic collaboration for Synergen to serve as the end-to-end provider of RCM services for Compass. Synergen will provide financial operations and real-time insights to ASCs managed by Compass, according to…
Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare has agreed to settle class action litigation related to a July 2023 data breach that affected more than 11 million patients, according to a July 31 report from The HIPAA Journal. Hackers accessed and acquired databases…
New legislation out of the Colorado state Senate takes effect Aug. 6, 2026, and will place significant restrictions on noncompete agreements for healthcare providers, ColoradoBiz reported Aug. 4. Here are four things to know about the new restrictions: 1. The…
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Rochester, Minn., is the highest-paying metropolitan area for physicians, according to Doximity’s “Physician Compensation Report 2025.” Doximity examined data from about 230,000 survey responses over the past six years, including responses from 37,000 U.S. physicians in 2024. Here are the…
Discectomy is a common outpatient spinal procedure, but for patients with large annular defects (>5mm), outcomes can be unpredictable and sometimes devastating. In a session at Becker’s 22nd Spine, Orthopedic and Pain Management-Driven ASC + The Future of Spine Conference,…
August marks National ASC Month, a time to educate policymakers about the vital role ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) play in the U.S. healthcare system. It’s an opportunity to highlight what sets ASCs apart from other care settings, from their high-quality…
Neurosurgeons are the highest-paid physician specialty in 2025, earning an average of nearly $750,000 annually, according to Doximity’s “Physician Compensation Report 2025.” Neurosurgery was the only specialty to eclipse an average annual salary of $700,000, but five other physician specialties…
Michael Gainey, MD, a physician in Cynthia, Ky., was sentenced to 80 months in prison for unlawfully distributing controlled substances. Practicing as a family medicine specialist, Dr. Gainey treated and prescribed controlled substances to a number of patients who were…