Author: Patsy Newitt

As costs rise and the industry increasingly consolidates, physician practices are increasingly looking to hospitals, health systems and commercial groups for financial security, according to a report published June 7 by the American Hospital Association.  

Bristol, Va.-based physician and former clinic owner Ralph Reach, MD, has been sentenced to six months of prison for three drug charges. 

Harry Severance, MD, an adjunct assistant professor at Durhan, N.C.-based Duke University School of Medicine, joined Becker's to discuss how physicians increasingly moving to employed models has shifted the workforce to what he calls a "seller's market."

Mesa, Ariz.-based Surgery Center Services of America has developed more than 300 surgery centers since its inception in 1990. 

New York City-based NewYork-Presbyterian was named in a civil lawsuit that alleges Zhi Alan Cheng, MD, a gastroenterologist who previously practiced at the health system's Flushing, N.Y., location, drugged and sexually assaulted a patient. 

As the population ages and certificate-of-need laws decrease, Philip Blair, CEO of Surgery Center Services of America, is seeing a lot of opportunity for ASC growth. 

Philip Blair, CEO of Surgery Center Services of America, spoke with Becker's about his ASC companies' biggest growth targets and why cardiology is so important for ASCs. 

Alfred Bonati, MD, owner of recently shuttered Hudson, Fla.-based Bonati Spine Institute's ASC, has a history of lawsuits, ABC Action News reported June 6. 

Orthopedics is the highest-paid physician specialty for mid-career practitioners (eight to 14 years) in four of the largest U.S. cities. 

Atlanta is the best city to start a career, according to personal finance site WalletHub.