The Leapfrog Group has submitted comments to CMS on the proposed 2027 Inpatient Prospective Payment System rule, urging the agency to significantly expand quality and safety measures for ambulatory surgery centers, according to an Aug. 21 news release. The patient…
Patsy Newitt
Burnout among employed physicians is nearly universal, and a growing share are eyeing the exit — whether that means a new job, a different career or collective bargaining, according to the 2026 PAI Employed Physician Survey. Eighty-eight percent of physicians…
Underneath every conversation about ASCs taking on total joints, spine and cardiac cases is CMS and a handful of state legislatures rewriting the rules that used to keep those cases in the hospital. “As CMS moves toward site-neutral, single-payment policy,…
Smaller health systems are relying on compensation to retain physicians and advanced practice providers at far higher rates than large systems, which have shifted toward mentorship, career development and wellness programs, according to a report from the Association for Advancing…
For years, ASC staffing shortages were treated as a cost-line headache. Now, leaders increasingly describe workforce scarcity as something closer to a ceiling on what an ASC can safely do at all. “ASCs are particularly dealing with shortages in skilled…
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Private equity paid a record $191 billion for U.S. healthcare deals in 2025, more than the sector’s previous peak in 2021. The move follows years of private equity-backed physician practice acquisitions. Nashville, Tenn.-based Rural Healthcare Group, part of private equity…
The former owner of two Massachusetts-linked telemedicine companies has been sentenced to two years in prison for his role in a $110 million Medicare fraud scheme involving medically unnecessary orthotic braces, the Justice Department said in an August 20 news…
When Vijay Bachani, MD, built New York Bariatric Group’s ASC platform, bariatrics was the business. Two years later, it isn’t. “We built our ASC platform on bariatrics. GLP-1s changed that in about two years, faster than anyone’s strategic plan accounted…
A man has been charged with healthcare fraud for allegedly practicing medicine without a license at a New York medical practice for more than eight years, submitting fraudulent claims to Medicare and Medicaid under a licensed physician’s name and provider…
A physician at Cogdell Family Clinic in Snyder, Texas will close his practice on Sept. 25, according to a notice posted to Cogdell Memorial Hospital and Clinics’ Facebook page. Kevin Hough, MD, will work to complete records and facilitate patient…