Forty-nine percent of medical groups reported their patient no-show rates increased since 2021, according to an Aug. 2 poll published by the Medical Group Management Association.
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Eighty-one percent of physicians see their colleagues making inappropriate comments about themselves, friends or politics on social media, according to Medscape's 2022 "Physicians Behaving Badly" report.
A $67 million, 163,000-square foot medical complex under construction in Amherst, N.Y., is facing criticism from the town's residents, according to an Aug. 21 report from The Buffalo News.
Keith Jeffords, MD, has agreed to pay $100,000 and refrain from applying for a Drug Enforcement Administration registration for five years to resolve allegations that he issued prescriptions for controlled substances while his medical license was suspended, the U.S. Justice…
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Colin Ryan, MD, has joined the Central Ohio Urology Group (Columbus), one of the first urological ASCs to provide robotic surgery.
The Billings Clinic in Bozeman, Mont., is expected to open on Sept. 13, but staff shortages in the healthcare industry are making it challenging to recruit nurses for the new facility, local news outlet KBCK reported Aug. 15.
The American Medical Association's Private Practice Playbook offers solutions to optimize practice workflow, including ways to boost efficiency, increase time spent with each patient and more.
Most physicians attribute their colleagues' bad behavior to general personal arrogance, according to Medscape's 2022 "Physicians Behaving Badly" report.
For Greg Horner, MD, managing partner at Pleasanton, Calif.-based HealthPoint Ambulatory Surgery Co., 2008 was the heyday of the ASC industry despite the country's economic downturn.