Strategic health systems may become a more viable exit, although complex, option for private equity-backed physician practice management platforms as sponsor-to-sponsor deals slow and hold periods lengthen, according to a Sept. 29 blog post from VMG Health. Here are five…
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Chicago-based WovenX Health has built a GI procedure partner network spanning all 50 states and Washington, D.C., to support a national colorectal cancer screening navigation program, according to a Sept. 30 news release. The program, which begins next month, will…
Shifting reimbursement for physician-administered drugs from hospital outpatient rates to physician-office rates could save employers and workers about $12.7 billion a year, according to new research from the Washington, D.C.-based Employee Benefit Research Institute, which found HOPDs were paid an…
Houston-based federal prosecutors have filed a False Claims Act lawsuit against a Texas physician accused of billing Medicare nearly $500,000 for surgical neurostimulator electrode implantations he allegedly never performed. Michael Neret, MD, owns and manages Neret MD Medical Clinic and…
The U.S. clinician workforce grew faster than the administrative staff who support it from 2012 to 2025, according to an Ataraxis analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics data. Physicians and NPs combined grew 52.7% over that period. Support staff grew…
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Fewer than 1 in 5 survey respondents said their rural market has enough permanent local general surgery capacity, according to a report from Jackson Physician Search, LocumTenens.com and MGMA. The report also cites an ACS estimate that a rural surgeon…
Terry Reardon, MD, will close his Georgetown, S.C.-based internal medicine practice later this year, according to a Sept. 28 Facebook post. Dr. Reardon will see patients through Dec. 14 and will continue providing emergency care and honoring scheduled appointments until…
CapsoVision has received FDA clearance for AI Highlights, an artificial intelligence-assisted reading tool for its CapsoCam Plus capsule endoscopy system, according to a Sept. 28 news release from the Saratoga, Calif.-based medical technology company. The tool, cleared Sept. 25, is…
A federal judge in Tennessee has allowed a class action over a 2025 data breach to proceed against Nashville-based Covenant Surgical Partners and two Maryland gastroenterology groups. Judge Waverly Crenshaw Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the Middle District…
A federal bill introduced Sept. 16 would do more than bar private equity firms from owning physician practices. It targets the management services organization structure PE-backed platforms have used to operate in corporate practice of medicine states, and it would…