Author: Patsy Newitt

ASC chain AmSurg, subsidiary of physician staffing firm Envision Healthcare, generated roughly $55 million in earnings in the second quarter of this year. 

Physician groups are increasingly consolidating, and there was a 145 percent increase in deals from 2020 to 2021, according to VMG Health's "Annual Healthcare M&A Report 2022." 

More than half of employed physicians are satisfied with their compensation, according to Medscape's 2022 "Employed Physicians Report."

Denton, Texas-based physician Stanley Charles Evans, MD, has pleaded guilty to federal drug trafficking violations, the U.S. Justice Department said Sept. 12. 

Here are 10 of the biggest gastroenterology deals since Jan. 1:

Physician medical groups are increasingly consolidating, a trend exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to VMG Health's "Annual Healthcare M&A Report 2022." 

Despite increasing healthcare consolidation, the ASC industry has remained fragmented, independent surgery centers remaining in the majority as the driver of low costs. 

Here are four moves from CVS Health since Aug. 16:

In its 2022 "Employed Physicians Report," Medscape surveyed more than 1,350 physicians employed by healthcare organizations, hospitals, large group practices, clinics or other medical groups about their jobs.  

Anesthesiologist Raynaldo Rivera Ortiz's, MD, license has been suspended following the investigation into the death of a fellow anesthesiologist and complications several patients suffered during routine surgeries at a Dallas ASC, CBS 11 reported Sept. 9.