As anesthesiology braces for a looming workforce shortage, employers are competing for talent in increasingly creative ways, from seven-figure compensation packages to no-call, no-weekend practice models, according to a new analysis from Marit Health. Marit analyzed more than 4,000 active…
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Austin, Texas-based Ouma Health has acquired a multisite maternal-fetal medicine practice led by Tamara Takoudes, MD, expanding the telemedicine company’s footprint across Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine and New Hampshire, according to an Aug. 4 news release. The acquisition adds established in-person…
Leapfrog Group’s new ASC Public Reporting Program ran into an obstacle hospitals rarely face: a meaningful share of ASCs still don’t have the systems in place to track their own quality data. “We found that ASCs have many more barriers…
A Redding, Calif. OB-GYN is closing his practice October 2 due to ongoing issues with insurance payouts, the latest in a wave of physician departures that a local councilmember says has already shuttered more than half of the city’s physician…
In the back half of July 2026, the Department of Justice brought at least four separate enforcement actions touching ophthalmology within about two weeks, and the cases point to three vulnerabilities baked into how ophthalmology practices generate revenue. Drugmaker EyePoint…
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Cencora’s acquisition of EyeSouth Partners’ retina business for $1.1 billion on March 23 was the largest healthcare services transaction of the first quarter, according to data from LevinPro HC, and it foreshadowed where physician group dealmaking was headed as 2026…
Rajiv Sharma, MD, said many gastroenterologists cross paths just once a year, leaving little room for the honest, ongoing conversation that could expose bad deals before physicians sign them. Dr. Sharma, a gastroenterologist and president of Phoenix-based Mirage Health, told…
A study published Aug. 3 in Science Direct found that five outpatient procedures showed diverging volume trends after physician practices were acquired by private equity firms, while overall office visit volumes were largely unaffected. Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh…
Gastro Health has finalized a partnership with the Center for Advanced Gastroenterology, a two-location gastroenterology practice in Maitland and Lake Nona, Fla., marking the national medical group’s eighth partnership in the Greater Orlando region, according to a recent news release.…
A Jacksonville, Fla.-based Medicare Advantage MSO has agreed to pay $14.1 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations of submitting false diagnosis codes to inflate risk adjustment payments, the Justice Department said in an Aug. 3 news release. Complete Health…