Stark law enforcement has never been more active. Here are 10 numbers that capture where the law stands, what it costs and where it is heading: $6.8 billion. The Department of Justice’s 2025 year-end report shows a record $6.8 billion…
Patsy Newitt
In 2026, the legal landscape around three specific provisions — restrictive covenants, unilateral termination clauses and RVU threshold structures — is shifting fast enough that contracts signed two years ago may already be out of step with. 1. Noncompete clauses…
The physician workforce is not just shrinking, it is redistributing. The U.S. faces a projected shortage of 86,000 physicians by 2036, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges, but the shortage is not evenly distributed. Florida, Texas and the…
Advertised anesthesiologist salaries in the Midwest have quietly climbed to rival, and in some cases surpass, traditionally high-paying coastal and Sun Belt markets, according to Q1 2026 data from BagMask.com. Here are four things to know: 1. North Dakota now…
The gap between what employed and independent physicians take home is narrowing in some places, inverting in others, and obscured by overhead, ancillary revenue and the compounding cost of running an independent practice. The headline numbers favor independence. Self-employed physicians…
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South Carolina’s last major independent multispecialty physician group is no longer independent. On March 3, Charleston-based MUSC Health finalized the $111 million acquisition of Palmetto Primary Care Physicians, the state’s largest independent multispecialty practice. The Medical University Hospital Authority board…
Dermatology has now logged pay declines in back-to-back years, and the drop is accelerating. Dermatologists saw an 11% compensation decrease in Medscape’s 2025 report, the largest single-specialty decline that year. The 2026 report, which surveyed 5,916 physicians between Sept. 5…
A new BagMask.com analysis of Q1 2026 job postings shows anesthesiologist pay floors climbing fastest in states that have historically lagged on compensation, a sign that recruitment pressure is spreading beyond traditional high-pay markets. Here are the states where advertised…
Gastroenterology is the backbone of the ASC industry, and the numbers behind it are getting harder to ignore. Here are 10 numbers that capture where the specialty stands. 28.3%. Gastrointestinal procedures account for 28.3% of all Medicare ASC volume, making…
Bad debt and charity care per calendar day rose 18% nationally in March 2026 compared to March 2025, and 46% compared to the first quarter of 2023, according to Kaufman Hall’s National Hospital Flash Report. The forces behind those numbers,…