Gastroenterology is simultaneously one of the highest-paid and most financially frustrated specialties in medicine. Pay has climbed 47% over the last decade but fallen below 2015 levels in inflation-adjusted terms. Here are 15 numbers that capture where GI compensation stands…
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The Urology Group – Central Indiana will permanently close June 30, citing the departure of physicians that left the practice with only one full-time urologist, according to a notice on the practice’s website. The practice’s sole remaining physician, Robert Williams,…
Nashville, Tenn.-based Montecito Medical has acquired a 14,380-square-foot medical outpatient property in Des Moines, Iowa that includes an ASC, according to a June 26 news release. The building is fully occupied by Urology Center of Iowa, a 12-location specialty group…
California Attorney General Rob Bonta has reached a $4.5 million settlement with Bay Area-based telehealth company Carbon Health Technologies and its co-founder and former CEO Eren Bali over allegations of violating California’s prohibition on the corporate practice of medicine and…
ASC transactions are lengthy and require physician owners to understand the process well before entering it Here is what each phase looks like in practice: Phase 1: Pre-diligence and preparation (three to 12 months before going to market) Healthcare transaction…
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More than half of U.S. physicians now work for hospital systems, and new research suggests the consolidation trend has been physician-led, rather than hospital-driven. A qualitative study published June 10 in JAMA Network Open found that practice acquisitions at three…
For physicians weighing a career move, state income tax is often the deciding variable, and in high-earning specialties, the wrong state can cost more than $50,000 a year. Here are five things to know: 2. According to a report from…
Physicians who joined hospital systems through practice acquisitions report friction over staffing decisions, work schedules and inadequate onboarding, even as both groups agree the deals improve patient care, according to a new study. Researchers from Northeastern University interviewed 37 hospital…
More certified registered nurse anesthetists are walking out of traditional W-2 positions, and the market they’re walking into is paying them more to do it. Of approximately 57,000 actively practicing CRNAs in the United States, about 18% practice as independent…
Two urologists have agreed to pay a combined $2.2 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations of performing medically unnecessary surgical procedures involving an implantable neurostimulation device and billing Medicare for the unnecessary procedures, the Justice Department said in a…