Patsy Newitt

U.S. physicians earned an average of $386,000 in 2025, according to Medscape’s April 10 “Physician Compensation Report. Pay for physicians in the U.K. averaged 114,397 pounds, or about $151,000, according to Medscape’s “UK Doctors Pay Report 2026.” At that rate,…

Sixty-three percent of OB-GYNs and 63% of general surgeons have been named in a malpractice lawsuit, according to a new report from Medscape. Across all specialties, 33% of physicians said they had been a sole defendant, a co-defendant or both…

Gastroenterology practices acquired by private equity raised colonoscopy prices after the deals closed but showed no measurable change in quality, according to a study cited in a new American College of Gastroenterology workforce report. The report, from ACG’s Workforce of…

Optum is cutting back its physician footprint, which could leave private equity sponsors with fewer buyers for mature physician practice management platforms, according to a Sept. 22 blog post from VMG Health. At its peak, Optum had about 90,000 employed…

Gastroenterology practices are struggling to secure anesthesia coverage for endoscopy, and a new American College of Gastroenterology task force report points to staffing, cost and training gaps behind the strain. The report comes from ACG’s Workforce of the Future Task…

Neurosurgery is the highest-paying physician specialty, with a median of $954,500, but it ranks last of 36 specialties for lifestyle balance, according to a Sept. 22 analysis from physician salary platform Marit Health. Neurosurgeons average 56.6 hours a week, more…

Crown Medical Solutions and its owners, Michelle and Philanzo King, have agreed to pay $825,000 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act by billing Medicare for unnecessary durable medical equipment. Crown supplied durable medical equipment such as…

Preventive medicine physicians have the best lifestyle balance of 36 specialties, according to a Sept. 22 analysis from physician salary platform Marit Health. Marit built its Lifestyle Balance Index from more than 24,400 anonymous salary and schedule submissions from full-time…

Eighteen states now generally ban or void noncompete agreements for physicians, according to a September 2026 state-by-state guide from law firm Tucker Arensberg. The firm sorts the rest into three groups. Ten states and Washington, D.C., allow physician noncompetes with…

Although the $100,000 H-1B visa fee has been blocked by the courts since this summer, the White House just extended it for another year. That leaves ASCs that recruit foreign-trained clinicians with no clear answer about what their next hire…