Patsy Newitt

CMS has finalized a 3.1% payment rate for ASCs. 

Here are three disruptors that have made strides in the consolidation of physicians in the last year:

Two San Antonio-based cardiovascular centers owned by Peripheral Vascular Associates will likely shut down, according to two Oct. 25 letters to the Texas Workforce Commission shared with Becker's.

Three of Optum's most expensive deals in 2023 total more than $10.2 billion. 

Cary Passik, MD, chief of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Suffern, N.Y.-based Good Samaritan Hospital, joined Becker's to discuss the biggest threats to physicians and how hospital closures are affecting physicians. 

The American Medical Association laid out two keys to keep private practices running as 2023 winds down in an Oct. 31 blog post. 

Healthcare reform is key to the platform of Austin Cheng, CEO of New York City-based Gramercy Surgery Center and candidate to represent New York's 3rd Congressional District.

Baton Rouge, La.-based physician Melissa Barrett, MD, was found guilty of tax evasion. 

Washington D.C. has more physicians per capita than any state, according to the latest Association of American Medical Colleges State Physician Workforce Data Report, released last year. 

Medscape surveyed 10,011 physicians across more than 29 specialties in its "Physician Compensation Report 2023"