Author: Patsy Newitt

More organizations outside of health systems and hospitals are seeking to recruit physicians from a shrinking pool of candidates, according to AMN Healthcare's "2023 Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting Incentives."

Here are three moves that shook up the cardiology industry so far this year:

Eric Esrailian, MD, gastroenterologist and health sciences clinical professor of medicine at Los Angeles-based UCLA, joined Becker's to discuss what career choices he would make if he could do it again. 

Optum has struck a deal with Waukesha, Wis.-based ProHealth Care in which it will hire more than 800 of its employees and manage the health system's revenue cycle management, information technology, informatics, analytics and inpatient care management.

Pasadena, Calif.-based Southern California Permanente Medical Group is the largest physician group in the country, according to a 2023 report from Definitive Healthcare. 

Here are five leaders' thoughts on three recent CMS moves shaping the industry:

Here are three Stark law violations Becker's has reported on in 2023:

Private equity has a new investment target: EHR vendors. 

Here are five lawsuits covered by Becker's in 2023 that involve ASCs:

Healthgrades has named the top 100 hospitals for orthopedic surgery in 2023.