Author: Patsy Newitt

Basheer Alismail has built partnerships the hard way and learned what breaks them. As president of Capital Surgical Solutions, he oversees MSO operations, from ASC development to physician practice management.  Mr. Alismail joined Becker’s to discuss why transparency about a…

Many physicians are bound by noncompete agreements that can lock them out of entire regions, sometimes blocking access to dozens of hospitals at once.  “Noncompetes and the way that they’re used serve as a blanket restrictive covenant for physicians when…

From burn centers to labor and delivery units, hospitals and health systems across the country are pulling back on services, and in some cases, inpatient care entirely.  At least six facilities have announced closures or conversions in the last months,…

Health systems are entering the ASC space at a rapid pace, but many are arriving with the wrong playbook.  According to Steve Hockert, Southlake, Texas-based ASC developer Solara, the cultural and structural assumptions that health systems carry into joint ventures…

For most ASC administrators, getting a major commercial payer to return a phone call about contract negotiations is a victory in itself. Getting two of the country’s largest insurers to sign off on a fundamentally different pricing structure altogether is…

Arlington, Va.-based Privia Health has entered New Jersey, its 25th state, through a partnership with Neurology Group of Bergen County, a practice with 25 adult and pediatric clinicians, according to a May 27 news release. The group will serve as…

Physician Roy Schoenberg, MD, will become the new senior vice president of Amazon Health Services effective July 1.  Dr. Schoenberg co-founded Amwell with his brother, Ido Schoenberg, building it into one of the largest telehealth platforms in the country before…

A New York man has been convicted for his role in a $52 million healthcare fraud scheme involving a Brooklyn clinic that illegally distributed Suboxone, paid cash kickbacks to patients and billed Medicare and Medicaid for services never provided, the…

Seventy-two percent of gastroenterologists say they qualify for an incentive bonus, according to Medscape’s “Gastroenterologist Compensation Report 2026,” published May 27.  Medscape surveyed 5,916 physicians across more than 29 specialties from Sept. 5 to Dec. 17.  Here’s the incentive bonus…

As high-acuity procedures continue to migrate to ASC settings, the ASC M&A landscape is reaching new highs, and health systems are moving with a level of urgency that didn’t exist even three years ago. St. Louis-based Ascension has signed a…