Hill Physicians Medical Group is the largest active physician group in the country, with 2,258 locations, according to a Jan. 5 report from healthcare analytics company Definitive Healthcare.
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A California physician was convicted for his role in a scheme that defrauded Medicare of more than $2.8 million.
There are 126,634 active physician assistants in the country, according to January data from the Kaiser Family Foundation.
There are 338,899 actively practicing physician groups in the U.S., according to a Jan. 5 report from healthcare intelligence company Definitive Healthcare.
Martin Evers, MD, a former physician in Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 22 years in prison for unlawfully prescribing oxycodone, fentanyl, and methadone to three patients, including one woman who died as a result of using the drugs.
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In wake of CMS' finalized physician fee schedule, which cut physician pay by 3.4% compared to last year despite rising inflation and practice costs, some practices and physicians made the decision to drop Medicare patients.
Plastic and orthopedic surgeons consistently place as the top earners of the ASC specialties, according to Medscape compensation reports.
The volume of ASCs in Massachusetts is well below the national average, according to a Feb. 15 report from local news station WWLP based on data shared with state health regulators.
Higher-acuity procedures are moving out of hospitals and into ASCs, according to a Feb. 13 article from VMG Health.
Today, nearly two-thirds of American hospitals and a substantial number of ASCs nationwide are owned by large health systems.