South Carolina’s last major independent multispecialty physician group is no longer independent. On March 3, Charleston-based MUSC Health finalized the $111 million acquisition of Palmetto Primary Care Physicians, the state’s largest independent multispecialty practice. The Medical University Hospital Authority board…
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Dermatology has now logged pay declines in back-to-back years, and the drop is accelerating. Dermatologists saw an 11% compensation decrease in Medscape’s 2025 report, the largest single-specialty decline that year. The 2026 report, which surveyed 5,916 physicians between Sept. 5…
A new BagMask.com analysis of Q1 2026 job postings shows anesthesiologist pay floors climbing fastest in states that have historically lagged on compensation, a sign that recruitment pressure is spreading beyond traditional high-pay markets. Here are the states where advertised…
Gastroenterology is the backbone of the ASC industry, and the numbers behind it are getting harder to ignore. Here are 10 numbers that capture where the specialty stands. 28.3%. Gastrointestinal procedures account for 28.3% of all Medicare ASC volume, making…
Bad debt and charity care per calendar day rose 18% nationally in March 2026 compared to March 2025, and 46% compared to the first quarter of 2023, according to Kaufman Hall’s National Hospital Flash Report. The forces behind those numbers,…
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The Ambulatory Surgery Center Association filed comments June 9 with CMS pushing back against potential inclusion of ASCs in the Transforming Episode Accountability Model, arguing the program is poorly structured for the ASC setting and could slow the migration of…
A San Francisco-based telehealth company and its chief medical officer have agreed to pay $3.325 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations of billing federal healthcare programs and California insurers under the names of providers who did not actually render…
Physician productivity rose 12% year over year in the second quarter of 2025, according to Kaufman Hall, while compensation rose 6% and reimbursement declined 1%. Surgical total medical revenue per physician fell 2.74% from 2023 to 2024, to $687,652, according…
Physician practice valuations have come down from their COVID-19 pandemic-era peak, but the market is still active and PE remains the dominant buyer. Here is what the current data shows. 1. The headline multiple has compressed, but remains historically high…
The gap between what ASCs are paid and what hospital outpatient departments receive for identical procedures has become one of the defining financial pressures in outpatient surgery. Here are five numbers that capture the scope of the problem. $56.322 vs.…