Author: Patsy Newitt

Internal medicine is the most popular specialty among medical students, according to Medscape's "Medical Student Lifestyle Report 2022."

High patient deductibles are shifting the way physicians deliver care, according to Eric Anderson, MD, a pain management physician in Lewisville, Texas.

Irvine, Calif.-based physician Dzung Anh Pham agreed to plead guilty to illegally distributing opioids, the LA Times reported Sept. 22. 

ASCs have seen a massive opportunity for growth in cardiology in the last few years, as payers and CMS see financial gain in performing these procedures in the ASC setting. 

Hospitals and health systems need to update their physician compensation plans after CMS' recent changes to the Stark Law, according to an article in JDSupra from the law firm Foley and Lardner. 

Healthcare giants like UnitedHealth Group, as well as nontraditional healthcare companies like CVS Health and Amazon, have made massive transactions in the last six months that point to an increasingly consolidated industry. 

The Washington Board of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery has suspended the license of osteopathic physician Anna Elperin, DO, for allegedly issuing COVID-19 vaccination exemptions without medical justification, the Washington State Department of Health said Sept. 21. 

For many ASCs, including Wilmington (N.C.) Surgcare, staffing and supply chain issues have plagued operations since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Private equity firms are seeing increasing opportunity in ophthalmology firms, reflected in the increase in multimillion-dollar investments in the industry in recent years, Kaiser Health News reported Sept. 19. 

Cleveland-based physician Timothy Sutton, MD, has been accused of illegally billing Medicare for tests that aim to predict a patients' likelihood of cancer and prescribing braces to patients who didn't need them, cleveland.com reported Sept. 20.