Eight COVID-19 updates from the last two weeks:
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Dallas-based United Surgical Partners International is primed for continued growth after it recruited more than 3,400 physicians and added about 90 high-acuity service lines in 2021, the company revealed in its fourth-quarter earnings call Feb. 8, as transcribed by Seeking…
Seventy-seven percent of surgeons have been named in a lawsuit compared to 51 percent of physicians overall, according to Medscape's "Surgeon Malpractice Report 2021."
Wyoming has the lowest number of active physicians in the country, according to data published by the Kaiser Family Foundation Feb. 7.
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West Palm Beach, Fla.-based Physician Partners of America and two of its top executives have agreed to pay $3.3 million to settle allegations that they violated noncompete contract provisions, according to a Justice News Flash report.
The Howard Hughes Corp., a real estate firm, plans to invest $325 million to develop the new Lakefront District in Columbia, Md., with $45.8M allocated to an 86,000-square-foot medical office building, Globest.com reported Feb. 8.
Orleans Community Health Medina (N.Y.) Memorial Hospital has absorbed the private practice of general surgeon John Misiti, MD, Buffalo Business First reported Feb. 1.
COVID-19 has accelerated the migration of independent physicians to hospital or corporation employment.
The U.S. has 1.06 million active physicians, according to data published by the Kaiser Family Foundation Feb. 7.