Four of the 15 healthcare-industry billionaires on Forbes’ 2026 Forbes 400 list are physicians, and the rest built their fortunes as executives, founders or heirs in hospitals, medical devices, drug distribution and pharma. Here are the physicians who made the…
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Pathologists, hematologist-oncologists and podiatrists are the most likely physicians to search for a job in another state, according to a Sept. 4 blog post from Marit Health. The analysis of job search behavior from 18,000 clinicians found wide variation in…
Healthcare Realty has acquired $58 million of medical real estate in Summerville, S.C., and Chapel Hill, N.C., from Hammes, Connect CRE reported Sept. 14. The properties include Summerville Medical Campus, a nearly 100,000-square-foot, multi-tenant medical office building anchored by the…
Parker, Ariz.-based Parker Medical Center will close its doors Oct. 16, according to a notice posted on the practice’s website. Keith Shillito, MD, the practice’s physician, said he and his wife, the office manager, decided they could no longer sustain…
By 2035, the anesthesia monitoring technology alone is expected to be a $7.86 billion market, up from $3.17 billion in 2025, growing at a 9.5% annual clip as more complex cases move into outpatient settings. Medicare’s own numbers already show…
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Brentwood, Tenn.-based optometric physician Helen Boerman has been sentenced to 42 months in federal prison for defrauding Medicare and other government health care programs out of nearly $7 million, according to a Sept. 14 news release from the U.S. Attorney’s…
A single colonoscopy can generate more than one bill: a procedure claim, a sedation claim, and sometimes a separate anesthesia claim, plus a facility claim when the case is done at an ASC. Gastroenterology practices are also navigating anesthesia staffing…
A new retrospective study comparing carpal tunnel release performed at an ASC against a clinic-based procedure suite found no meaningful difference in patient outcomes, but a stark gap in efficiency that could push more of these cases out of the…
Two New York ophthalmology practices’ $2.3 million settlement over outside transcranial doppler testing arrangements is the latest example of a Stark law problem hiding in plain sight: a referral relationship that looks like routine outsourcing but fails the law’s ownership…
Roseburg, Ore.-based Umpqua Orthopedics will close for patient care Sept. 15, ending more than two decades of orthopedic service in Douglas County, The Roseburg Receiver reported Sept. 11. The practice announced the closure in a notice to patients; a reason…