Patsy Newitt

Much of the GI community has anchored its view of AI to adenoma detection rates, but Neil Parikh, MD, a gastroenterologist with Farmington-based Connecticut GI, says the bigger disruption will come from predictive analytics and chronic disease management. “We’re really…

Physician consolidation has defined much of the past two decades in healthcare. Independent practices have folded into hospital systems, private equity firms have accelerated acquisitions and employment has replaced ownership for a growing share of physicians. In 2024, 42.2% of…

CMS’ 2026 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System rule moves Medicare further toward site-neutral payment, as part of an effort to narrow long-standing payment gaps between hospital outpatient departments and ASCs. According to a Health Affairs analysis, the payment rule not…

Most physicians in the U.S. have worked alongside colleagues who were trained abroad, according to Medscape’s “Turning to Foreign-Trained Physicians Report 2026” published Feb. 20.  While 79% of physicians attended medical school in the U.S., roughly one in five trained…

Hospitals across the U.S. are continuing to scale back services as financial pressures, shifting patient volumes and rising operational costs reshape care delivery.  In the last month, systems have moved to suspend home health and hospice programs, close an ASC…

The federal physician self-referral law — better known as the Stark law — was enacted in 1989 and aims to curb physician self-referrals that could drive overutilization and higher costs. Decades later, it remains one of healthcare’s most complex compliance…

Hospital consolidation continued in the past month, with health systems across the U.S. signing and closing merger, acquisition and transfer agreements. Several of the transactions involve financially distressed facilities, nonprofit conversions and strategic regional expansions. Here are eight hospital deals…

As payers continue pushing care into lower-cost settings, ASCs are being held as a solution.  But leaders at Deerfield, Ill.-based SCA Health say some reimbursement policies, particularly those around anesthesia, risk undermining the site-of-care strategy insurers are trying to advance.…

A simple cardiology workflow change helped reshape care across five of Novant Health’s ASCs, and played a key role in earning national recognition from The Leapfrog Group. After noticing a pattern in how asymptomatic atrial fibrillation was handled pre-procedure, the…

General gastroenterologists earn an average base salary of $526,273 — more than $218,000 higher than their pediatric counterparts, who report average base pay of $308,006 — according to data from salary transparency website Marit Health.  The compensation gap comes alongside…