Hospital-employed physicians command significantly higher commercial reimbursement rates than independent peers across every specialty, with a $92 average gap in blended evaluation and management rates in the Chicago market, and the cost difference extends well beyond the professional fee, according…
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A Kansas chiropractor has pleaded guilty to healthcare fraud for submitting insurance claims to Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City for chiropractic services that were never provided to patients, the Justice Department said in an Aug. 27 news…
Hospital-based physician staffing — the industry that supplies much of the country’s contracted anesthesia, emergency medicine and hospitalist coverage — has seen a string of bankruptcy filings since 2019. Two of the five cases below involved stand-alone anesthesia groups; the…
Hospital employment rates vary dramatically by specialty, from nearly 79% in hematology and oncology to under 27% in podiatry, according to 2026 Trilliant Health data. The pattern reflects a clear divide between procedural and hospital-based specialties, which cluster toward employment,…
Health systems, investors and industry analysts are increasingly pointing to a common theme when it comes to ASCs: relative to hospitals and health insurers, their financial profile looks comparatively steady, even as broader reimbursement and cost pressures persist across healthcare.…
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As anesthesia workforce shortages persist nationwide, more hospitals and ASCs are paying stipends to secure anesthesia coverage. About 80% of hospitals now offer some form of anesthesia stipend, citing factors such as unfavorable payer mix, irregular OR schedules, low facility…
More than half of U.S. physicians, 59.4%, are now employed by a hospital or health system, according to a new analysis from Trilliant Health that assessed 700,000 physicians across the country. Here are four more things to know 1. The…
Woodside Health has acquired Nansemond River Medical Center, a 33,000-square-foot medical outpatient building in Suffolk, Va., according to an Aug. 26 news release. The property is anchored by Sports Medicine & Orthopedic Center and houses multiple specialty clinical tenants. The…
A now-bankrupt skin cancer testing company has agreed to settle False Claims Act allegations of billing Medicare for unreliable skin cancer tests that had known quality control issues, the Justice Department said in an Aug. 36 news release. DermTech, now…
The No Surprises Act’s arbitration process is once again embroiled in controversy as physician groups speak out on what they say are inflated IDR costs being reported out through recent research. A report published in Health Affairs Forefront on Aug.…