Patsy Newitt

Castle Connolly ranked the top physician practices for heart and vascular care for 2024. 

Thomas Feldman, CEO of the Peoria, Ill.-based Center for Health ASC, joined Becker's to discuss ASC disruptors and growth opportunities. 

Boston-based management company Arches Medical Partners has acquired 11 practices previously owned by Walgreens' VillageMD. 

CMS moves are changing the way physicians practice. Here are four recent moves from CMS that are either helping or hurting physicians:

The three highest-paid executives of Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare saw huge pay jumps in 2023, according to a proxy statement filed March 15 with the Securities and Exchange Commission. 

A pain physician from North Carolina, who was assigned to clinics in Virginia, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for an illegal drug dispensing conspiracy, The Roanoke Times reported March 19. 

Another patient has accused New York City gastroenterologist Zhi Alan Cheng, MD, of sexual abuse, NBC affiliate WNBC reported March 14.

Texas and other states in the South have some of the most affordable cities for single adults to live comfortably, according to a March 7 analysis from financial services company SmartAsset.

The growth of Dallas-based United Surgical Partners International in 2023 was driven by acquisitions, organic growth and construction of new centers and strategic partnerships, parent company Tenet Healthcare said in its annual report filed with the SEC on Feb. 16.

A nurse practitioner in Jackson, Tenn., was sentenced to 20 years in prison for illegally prescribing opioids from his practice.