Most physicians in the U.S. have worked alongside colleagues who were trained abroad, according to Medscape’s “Turning to Foreign-Trained Physicians Report 2026” published Feb. 20. While 79% of physicians attended medical school in the U.S., roughly one in five trained…
Author: Patsy Newitt
Hospitals across the U.S. are continuing to scale back services as financial pressures, shifting patient volumes and rising operational costs reshape care delivery. In the last month, systems have moved to suspend home health and hospice programs, close an ASC…
The federal physician self-referral law — better known as the Stark law — was enacted in 1989 and aims to curb physician self-referrals that could drive overutilization and higher costs. Decades later, it remains one of healthcare’s most complex compliance…
Hospital consolidation continued in the past month, with health systems across the U.S. signing and closing merger, acquisition and transfer agreements. Several of the transactions involve financially distressed facilities, nonprofit conversions and strategic regional expansions. Here are eight hospital deals…
As payers continue pushing care into lower-cost settings, ASCs are being held as a solution. But leaders at Deerfield, Ill.-based SCA Health say some reimbursement policies, particularly those around anesthesia, risk undermining the site-of-care strategy insurers are trying to advance.…
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A simple cardiology workflow change helped reshape care across five of Novant Health’s ASCs, and played a key role in earning national recognition from The Leapfrog Group. After noticing a pattern in how asymptomatic atrial fibrillation was handled pre-procedure, the…
General gastroenterologists earn an average base salary of $526,273 — more than $218,000 higher than their pediatric counterparts, who report average base pay of $308,006 — according to data from salary transparency website Marit Health. The compensation gap comes alongside…
The real estate of Fort Myers, Fla.-based Gladiolus Surgery Center has sold for $4.6 million, Business Observer Florida reported Feb. 19. Prime Healthcare Properties, a Dallas-based real estate investment firm, purchased the 7,315-square-foot building. CBRE, who represented Prime in the…
Greenville, S.C.-based Prisma Health and Atlas Healthcare Partners have formed a joint venture to develop and operate more than 15 ASCs across South Carolina, southeastern Tennessee and surrounding regions, according to a Feb. 19 news release. The partnership will combine…
A former sales director for the Northeast region of a mobile medical diagnostics company that performed transcranial doppler scans was sentenced for conspiring to offer and pay kickbacks to physicians in exchange for ordering medically unnecessary brain scans, according to…