Author: Patsy Newitt

The American Medical Association is taking action to ban noncompete contracts for physicians employed by for-profit or nonprofit hospitals, hospital systems or staffing company employers, according to a June 13 blog post from the AMA. 

Cardiology is one of the fastest growing ASC specialties as Medicare payments increase and more procedures are approved for the outpatient setting. 

Matt Mazurek, MD, assistant clinical professor of anesthesiology at the St. Raphael Campus of Yale New Haven (Conn.) Hospital, joined Becker's to discuss why more physicians are turning to unionizing and what's at stake if physicians continue to lose power. 

Physicians are increasingly moving to unionize and seeking representation in decision-making. 

Article was reposted with permission from ECG Management.  Ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs) have consistently been a source of strong merger and acquisition (M&A) deal activity over the last decade. As ASC management companies, health systems, and private equity (PE) firms…

Physicians called for an overhaul of the Medicare payment system at the annual meeting of the American Medical Association, citing risks in patient access and practice survival 

Anesthesia providers have seen a growth in opportunities as procedures increasingly migrate to the outpatient setting, according to a June 5 blog post from Anesthesia Business Consultants. 

A New Jersey regulatory board has suspended the medical license of Paulsboro, N.J.-based Anthony Villare, MD, after he pleaded guilty to a drug offense, the Courier Post reported June 14. 

Cincinnati-based Mayfield Spine Surgery Center performed 3.2 percent of the country's spine surgeries in 2022, according to a June report Definitive Healthcare. 

Many physicians are viewing artificial intelligence as a double-edged disruptor: Its high potential for improving physicians' day to day workflow is paired with high potential for abuse.