Physicians are at the center of some of the most consequential legal and regulatory battles in healthcare over who controls their practices, what their contracts can demand and whether the employers they work for are playing by the rules. Here…
Patsy Newitt
Washington state offers the highest mean annual wage for anesthesiologists in the U.S., according to May 2025 data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The BLS tracks occupational wages across states, though data for some states is suppressed when…
The American Cancer Society updated its colorectal cancer screening guidelines May 27 to include new blood- and stool-based screening options, while making clear that the blood-based test is a last resort, not a replacement for more sensitive alternatives. Here are…
A Providence, R.I. personalized medicine practice has paused operations after all four of its physicians and three administrative staff members departed, leaving hundreds of patients seeking access to care or their medical records, GoLocal Providence reported June 12. Anasa Personalized…
An Ohio physician has been sentenced to five years of probation for her role in a healthcare fraud conspiracy that fraudulently billed Medicare for more than $1.8 million in medically unnecessary durable medical equipment and genetic testing, the Justice Department…
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Financial distress in healthcare has not peaked, it has broadened. Hospital filings have come down from their 2023 high, but physician practices, senior care and health technology companies are accelerating in the other direction. Here are seven numbers behind the…
From California’s Proposition 56 cuts threatening a $1.7 million annual operating deficit to hospital networks quietly rerouting referrals away from independent facilities, ASC leaders nationwide say financial pressure is closing in from every direction. Three ASC leaders joined Becker’s to…
The Federal Trade Commission’s consent order requiring Ascension to divest seven ASCs before closing its $3.9 billion acquisition of Amsurg was designed to preserve local competition in five states. Whether it will actually accomplish that is a different question, and…
A Florida physician and three staff members at a medical research center have been charged with falsifying clinical trial data for prospective new drug treatments, the Justice Department said in a June 10 news release. Jaynier Moya, MD, co-owner and…
Cataract surgery accounts for 18% of all ASC procedure volume and has generated more Medicare savings than any other single procedure in the ambulatory setting, but it took decades to get there. Cardiac catheterization and percutaneous laminectomy are starting from…