Author: Francesca Mathewes

Bankers and private equity advisors are shifting their focus toward physician practice deals in 2025, opening up key legal and business considerations for physicians as they prepare for potential transactions, law firm Foley & Lardner wrote in a Feb. 10…

The Department of Justice has recently intensified its efforts to combat healthcare fraud, calling for increased diligence among physicians, according to Amanda Hill, founder of Hill Health Law Group, in an article published in Bloomberg Law Feb. 11. 

Martinsburg, W.Va.-based West Virginia University Berkeley Medical Center has opened a new bariatric surgery clinic, Herald-Mail Media reported Feb. 12. 

A nurse practitioner has been sentenced to five years in prison after stealing the identities of 12 physicians and orchestrating an $11.2 million disability loan fraud scheme. 

Inflation persists as a major concern among ASC and physician practice leaders, as soaring costs of labor and supplies continue to eat away at physicians' bottom line. 

A New York physician has sued her employers and another physician for alleged disability discrimination and violation of several other state laws according to court documents obtained by Becker's.

Eighty healthcare organizations and 50 state medical societies wrote a letter to federal lawmakers urging them to reverse the latest round of cuts to Medicare payments. 

After several years of slowing deal activity, bankers and private equity firms are again eyeing physician practices for deals in 2025. 

More than 20 states increased their minimum wage on Jan. 1, increasing wages for more than nine million workers by a total of nearly $6 billion, according to the Economic Policy Institute.

A jury in Tucson, Ariz., has awarded $3.5 million to the family of a man who died two weeks after bariatric surgery in 2020, News 13 reported Feb. 7.