Patsy Newitt

Healthgrades has ranked the top 100 hospitals for orthopedic surgery in 2023, including 3 hospitals in Minnesota:

CMS recently passed a Stark law update that will allow hospitals and healthcare providers to improve mental health services for physicians.

Here are three ASCs who have faced opposition so far in 2023: 

Medical staffing company American Physician Partners has voluntarily filed for Chapter 11 protection under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. 

Dallas-based United Surgical Partners International, Tenet Healthcare's surgery center arm, is the largest ASC chain in the country. 

Healthgrades has ranked the top 100 hospitals for orthopedic surgery in 2023, including three hospitals in Maryland.

Former Victorville, Calif.-based anesthesiologist Wendell Mark Street, MD, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for illegally prescribing and distributing oxycodone to buyers. 

Optum, the largest employer of physicians in the country, has secured several major deals in 2023. 

Six physicians joined Becker's to discuss if they would choose private practice or employment

Here are four physician fraud cases Becker's has covered since Aug. 28: