Patsy Newitt

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"

Here are five key numbers about noncompetes to know:

Joe Peluso, administrator at Aestique Surgical Center in Greensburg, Pa., joined Becker's to discuss his ASC teams' approach to leadership. 

A bill has been introduced in the Wisconsin Legislature that would ban most noncompete agreements, the Wisconsin Law Journal reported Oct. 31. 

Dallas-based United Surgical Partners International, Tenet Healthcare's ASC chain, hit $941 million in third-quarter operating revenue, an increase from $806 million the year prior, according to financial results released Oct. 30. 

Seven physician leaders joined Becker's to discuss how increasing hospital closures and service line cuts are — or are not — affecting physicians.