Patsy Newitt

The former CEO and a former sales executive of a Massachusetts laboratory have agreed to pay $1.2 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations of paying illegal kickbacks to physicians disguised as managed service organization distributions to induce laboratory test…

Catholic Health System is closing Sterling Surgical Center in Orchard Park, N.Y., citing declining patient volume, and relocating its surgical services to other ASCs in its network, the health system confirmed in a statement shared with Becker’s.  Sterling Surgical Center,…

Nearly half of U.S. physicians aren’t relying solely on their clinical salary.  Whether driven by financial pressure or intellectual curiosity, a growing share of physicians are building nonclinical income streams through consulting, teaching and research.  Here are six things to…

Physician practice closures aren’t slowing down. Bankruptcies climbed to their highest level in recent years in 2024 before easing somewhat in 2025. Becker’s tracked 23 physician practice closures in 2025.  From a 30-location dermatology group that abruptly stopped paying its…

The share of practices owned by hospitals, health systems or other corporate entities surged from 39% to 59% between 2019 and 2023 alone. Physician employment by those same entities climbed from 62% to 78% over the same period, according to…

Running a fixed-price ASC is less a billing innovation than an operational discipline, according to Tom Valentine, the new president of Zionsville, Ind.-based WellBridge Surgical. Mr. Valentine, who joined the free-market ASC May 1 after roughly two months of preparatory…

Linwood, N.J.-based Connolly Dermatology offices across New Jersey, the Philadelphia area and Delaware have shuttered after employees say the practice stopped paying its staff, NBC Philadelphia reported May 28. Workers at many of the practice’s more than 30 locations stopped…

Gastroenterologists are among the highest-paid physicians in the country, pulling in an average of $530,000 in 2025, but a new Medscape survey suggests the paycheck doesn’t always match the pressure.  Nearly half of gastroenterologists say they don’t feel fairly compensated…

Basheer Alismail has built partnerships the hard way and learned what breaks them. As president of Capital Surgical Solutions, he oversees MSO operations, from ASC development to physician practice management.  Mr. Alismail joined Becker’s to discuss why transparency about a…

Many physicians are bound by noncompete agreements that can lock them out of entire regions, sometimes blocking access to dozens of hospitals at once.  “Noncompetes and the way that they’re used serve as a blanket restrictive covenant for physicians when…