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Author: Patsy Newitt

Seventy percent of private practices that introduced ancillary services found them both easy to implement and financially rewarding — with some seeing revenue increases in as little as one month, according to a recent survey from healthcare software company Tebra…

ASCs have become a cornerstone in the healthcare landscape — offering patients a cost-effective and efficient alternative to traditional hospital settings for various surgical procedures — but barriers remain. 

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Gastroenterologists are on call an average of 55 days per year, according to a report from Physician Side Gigs, an online community of more than 195,000 physicians.

As value-based care gains momentum in gastroenterology, ASCs must prove their worth to payers — demonstrating cost savings, efficiency and superior patient outcomes. 

Chesapeake (Va.) Regional Medical Center has been indicted for allegations of healthcare fraud, among other claims, in a "rare move" that holds a hospital criminally liable for a physician's misconduct, WilmerHale attorneys wrote in an article published by JDSupra on…

There have been 30 physician practice bankruptcies since 2019, according to a report on Chapter 11 bankruptcy filings from healthcare restructuring advisory firm Gibbins Advisors. 

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