Author: Patsy Newitt

From negotiating their first contract to considering alternative career paths, six physician leaders joined Becker's to discuss what advice they would give to new physicians:

U.S. Digestive Health CEO Jerry Tillinger joined Becker's to discuss the obstacles of gastroenterology procedure migration to the outpatient setting. 

CMS is floating a 3.34 percent conversion factor decrease in its proposed Medicare physician fee schedule for 2024 released July 13. 

Here are six notes about private equity's ASC influence from the last year:

U.S. Digestive Health CEO Jerry Tillinger recently joined Becker's to discuss what he thinks will disrupt the gastroenterology industry next. 

As the healthcare industry consolidates, some ASCs are opting to partner with health systems in their markets to access economies of scale. 

From Revolutionary War graves to traffic, here's who's behind the opposition of four ASCs and medical office buildings in the last year:

Columbus, Ohio-based plastic surgeon Katharine Grawe, MD, lost her medical license after her livestreaming procedures on TikTok spurred an investigation from the Ohio medical board, USA Today reported July 13. 

The proportion of self-employed physicians fell by 9 percentage points between 2012 and 2022, according to a survey conducted by the American Medical Association shared with Becker's on July 12.

Curt Collins, COO of Palmetto Surgery Center in Columbia, S.C., joined Becker's to discuss obstacles to ASC growth.