Author: Alan Condon

The Infinite Health Collaborative, a group of physician-owned practices in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota, has added two more specialty practices.

Optum is developing a $7 million facility in Muncie, Ind., that will include a surgery center and medical offices for multiple specialties, according to Inside Indiana Business.

More than two-thirds of Americans skipped or postponed care during the COVID-19 pandemic, with fear of contracting the virus, lost health insurance and the cost of care among the top reasons, according to a recent survey by Tempus, a Chicago-based…

A medical office building housing a surgery center and urgent care clinic in Burnsville, Minn., has sold for $52 million, the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal reported May 27.

Savlan Capital has acquired a slew of outpatient medical office buildings and plans to inject $100 million on more properties through 2021, GlobeSt.com reported May 26.

James Grant, MD, a former Surgical Care Affiliates executive, has been appointed CEO of Troy, Mich.-based Pinnacle GI Partners.

Gastroenterology has consistently been among the top 10 highest-earning specialties in the U.S., with an average annual salary of $406,000 in 2021, according to Medscape's Gastroenterologist Compensation Report.

From breach of employment allegations to a noncompete clause and a motion to block an exclusive contract with a competing provider, here are three high-profile contract disputes between physicians and health systems in the past two months:

Minneapolis-based Allina Health is moving higher-acuity procedures such as spine and orthopedic cases from hospital outpatient departments to newly developed outpatient surgery centers, according to the Star Tribune.

UBMD Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine is working with Buffalo, N.Y.-based Kaleida Health to finalize which service lines will feature in a 160,000-square-foot medical office building and surgery center, Buffalo Business First reported May 18.