A bipartisan group of lawmakers has introduced the Provider Reimbursement Stability Act, legislation aimed at modernizing the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule to address decades of declining physician reimbursement, according to a March 31 news release. The bill was introduced by…
Author: Patsy Newitt
A Fairmont, Minn., orthopedic surgeon has closed his independent practice after 36 years, citing the cumulative impact of the Affordable Care Act, COVID-19 and increasing consolidation in the local healthcare market, Fairmont Sentinel reported April 1. Corey Welchlin, MD, opened…
ASCs are commanding the highest rent increases of any outpatient facility type, with rents climbing more than 8% even as leases surged 145% between 2022 and 2025, according to a March 26 report from real estate company CBRE. Here are…
An Ascension-affiliated clinic in Pawhuska, Okla. will close June 30, raising concerns about access to care in the Osage County community, KJRH reported March 31. The closure leaves Pawhuska with one remaining clinic, according to the report. The local hospital…
With a national ban for noncompetes effectively dead under the current FTC leadership, the battle is playing out state by state, hospital by hospital, and contract by contract. Marcelo Hochman, MD, a Charleston-based independent physician and former president of the…
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A family medicine clinic in Trenary, Mich. will permanently close April 28, TV6 reported March 31. UP Medical Group cited declining demand for services at the Trenary Family Medicine clinic. Patients may continue to see their current provider at Marquette…
Amid concerns over the proposed merger of Maimonides Medical Center into New York City Health & Hospitals, the Medical Society of the State of New York has adopted a policy to protect the admitting and surgical privileges of private practice…
The Surgery Center of Greater Nashua (N.H.) has become the first ASC in the U.S. to receive a new type of accreditation from Det Norske Veritas, according to a March 31 news release. The center, part of Southern New Hampshire…
Premier Health Partners has acquired Dayton, Ohio-based Digestive Specialists, according to a notice posted on the website of law firm Jones Day, who advised Premier on the acquisition. Dayton-based Premier Health is a nonprofit academic health system serving Southwest Ohio. …
A bill introduced in Congress on March 20 would tie ASC annual payment updates directly to the hospital outpatient department fee schedule increase factor. Currently, ASC payment updates and HOPD payment updates follow different formulas, a gap that historically has…