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Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health is set to add five gastroenterology physicians to its Black Hills region.  Oksana Aleksenko, MD, Nathan Jaqua, MD, Blake Jones, MD, Andrew Kelts, DO, and Erik Raborn, DO, are set to join the organization, according…

2025 saw more than 367 physician practice transactions in the first three quarters alone, demonstrating a continued trend toward an increasingly consolidated physician practice space.  Two leaders in the physician practice space recently joined Becker’s to discuss what their visions…

Senate Democrats and Republicans came to an agreement Jan. 29 to move five spending bills forward after a six-bill government funding package failed to reach the 60-vote threshold for passage. Here are eight things to know about the spending bill,…

In a recent online workshop hosted by the FTC, the agency’s Chair Andrew Ferguson said that the agency would not impose a blanket ban on noncompetes in all physician contracts, Medpage Today reported Jan. 30.  In the workshop, physicians discussed…

Healthcare organizations and health systems have placed an emphasis on expanding cardiology care, with a number of openings and acquisitions to start 2026.  Here are seven new cardiology-focused center openings and acquisitions from January, as reported by Becker’s:

As the physician practice environment continues to adapt to near constant market shifts, physician alignment is essential to ensure teams can respond nimbly and cohesively to arising demands and challenges in healthcare. Two leaders in the physician practice space recently…

Here are 20 recent statistics and updates regarding physician compensation heading into 2026:  1. CMS released its final rule for 2026 Medicare payments under the physician fee schedule, including two separate conversion factors. One for qualified practitioners participating in advanced…