Author: Patsy Newitt

Private practice physicians are struggling as the physician workforce increasingly migrates to employed models. 

Carroll County, Ga.-based family medicine physician Brent Harris, MD, has been sentenced to 12 months of probation after illegally accessing medical records, HIPAA Journal reported March 31. 

Billings (Mont.) Clinic plans to cut $4.5 million monthly through cost-saving measures, including physician pay cuts up to 5 percent and suspensions of company contributions to employee retirement plans, MTN News reported March 31. 

Here are five private equity updates since Feb. 22:

Former St. Clair, Mich.-based physician Bernard Shelton, MD, was convicted for 21 counts of unlawful prescription drug distribution and a patient's overdose death, the Justice Department said March 31. 

Here are three major deals in March that ASC leaders need to know:

Becker's has reported on 10 ASCs opened or announced in March:

Here are three key statistics making physicians nervous:

There are 18,948 total active ophthalmologists in the country, according to the Association of American Medical College's "2022 Physician Specialty Data Report."

Here are five updates from Amazon since March 6 that healthcare leaders need to know: