In 2026, the legal landscape around three specific provisions — restrictive covenants, unilateral termination clauses and RVU threshold structures — is shifting fast enough that contracts signed two years ago may already be out of step with. 1. Noncompete clauses…
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The gap between what employed and independent physicians take home is narrowing in some places, inverting in others, and obscured by overhead, ancillary revenue and the compounding cost of running an independent practice. The headline numbers favor independence. Self-employed physicians…
California saw the largest year-over-year increase in the average annual salary for nurse anesthetists from 2024 to 2025, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Across the U.S., the average annual salary for nurse anesthetists climbed $16,620, growing…
Dermatology has now logged pay declines in back-to-back years, and the drop is accelerating. Dermatologists saw an 11% compensation decrease in Medscape’s 2025 report, the largest single-specialty decline that year. The 2026 report, which surveyed 5,916 physicians between Sept. 5…
Bad debt and charity care per calendar day rose 18% nationally in March 2026 compared to March 2025, and 46% compared to the first quarter of 2023, according to Kaufman Hall’s National Hospital Flash Report. The forces behind those numbers,…
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The consumer price index, also known as inflation, rose to above 4% for the first time in three years in May, punctuating months of surging energy prices amid the ongoing war in Iran, The Washington Post reported June 10. The…
Physician productivity rose 12% year over year in the second quarter of 2025, according to Kaufman Hall, while compensation rose 6% and reimbursement declined 1%. Surgical total medical revenue per physician fell 2.74% from 2023 to 2024, to $687,652, according…
Troy, Mo.-based Mercy has expanded its presence in Sikeston, Mo., with the opening of three specialty clinics inside SEMO Health Network’s Sikeston Medical Center, bringing its total number of clinics in the city to four, according to a June 9…
The Erlanger Health System Stark law case is in active litigation, and the compliance implications for physician groups, health systems and ASCs are significant. Here is where things stand and why it matters. The background Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Erlanger Health System…
Although staffing shortages and reimbursement pressure get a lot of attention in ASC conversations, Tom Valentine, the new president of Wellbridge Surgical, thinks the harder problem is physician recruitment in a rapidly consolidating workforce. According to Mr. Valentine, hospitals have…