Author: Patsy Newitt

Private equity firm TPG is one of the groups vying against UnitedHealth Group, parent company of Optum, to purchase Brentwood, Tenn.-based ASC operator Surgery Partners, Bloomberg reported Aug. 23.

Walmart said in April that it was shuttering all 51 of its clinics along with its telehealth business, citing financial issues.

Here are 10 changes made or proposed at the federal or state level that Becker's has reported on since 2021:

Around 73% of physicians do not want more nondoctors on their state medical boards, according to Medscape's Physicians' Thoughts on Medical Boards Report 2024 published Aug. 27. 

Here are five hospitals and health systems who have close physician practices in 2024:

Leaders are concerned about the effect of consolidation as physicians continue to flock to employed models. 

ASCs are increasingly frustrated by the payment disparity between ASCs and hospitals, and many feel that without legislative change, surgery centers will falter. 

A Texarkana, Ark., physician was sentenced to 87 months in prison for illegal prescription. 

The pay gap between private practice and employed physicians has hit an all-time low, according to Medical Economics' 2024 Physician Report published Aug. 14. 

Most physicians' malpractice premiums are between $10,000 and $19,999,  according to Medical Economics' 2024 Physician Report published Aug. 14.