TeamHealth, a physician-led facility-based practice with more than 750 affiliated anesthesiologists, has joined the American Society of Anesthesiologists’ Group Practice Supporter Program, according to a July 8 news release. Through the collaboration, TeamHealth will work with ASA and its more…
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A new analysis from Marit Health breaks down physician compensation by specialty and training length, analyzing the number of years spent in residency compared with the eventual paycheck. Here are five things to know: 1. The average medical school graduate…
Hawaii Gov. Josh Green has signed three healthcare-related bills into law, including a measure requiring health insurance plans to cover follow-up colonoscopies after a positive screening test with no out-of-pocket costs, according to a July 9 news release from the…
Vermont has become the 26th state to opt out of federal regulations requiring physician supervision of CRNAs, following Gov. Phil Scott’s letter to CMS on July 2, according to a July 10 news release from the American Association of Nurse…
Physician assistant salaries grew across specialties in 2026, with emergency medicine and gastroenterology leading the pack, according to MGMA compensation benchmarks analyzed by salary transparency platform Marit Health. Here are the 10 PA specialties that saw the highest pay jumps…
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New Jersey lawmakers in 2025 rewrote the rules for how ASCs are taxed, and the model is drawing attention from other states facing similar Medicaid funding pressures. Healthcare attorneys say the regulatory wave it represents is far from finished. What…
The fight over how long anesthesia can run during surgery has produced a fragmented regulatory landscape featuring a patchwork of state bans, proposed bills and active payer policies that vary across markets. The tug-of-war escalated in late 2024, when Anthem…
Payer consolidation has accelerated to a pace that most ASC administrators did not build into their contracting assumptions. Cigna sold its Medicare Advantage business to Health Care Service Corp. in 2025. Smaller Blues plans are affiliating with larger ones. Health…
A cardiologist who sued UPMC alleging retaliation after reporting an alleged conflict of interest involving the health system’s CEO has agreed to dismiss his lawsuit, with UPMC stating no money or compensation was paid, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported. Hemal Gada,…
Health systems, payers and private equity platforms are all still competing for GI assets, and the last 18 months show consolidation moving in multiple directions at once: mega-platforms getting bigger, PE sponsors trading assets among themselves and health systems still…