Currently, most physician expats specialize in general practice, but family medicine is the specialty with the largest share of physicians planning to move abroad, according to a Medscape report published Nov. 24. Medscape surveyed 1,271 physicians who either currently work…
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Here are seven new ASC developments reported by Becker’s since Nov. 1, 2025: 1. University of Michigan Health-Sparrow Ionia is building a 31,000-square-foot ambulatory clinic center next to its hospital in Ionia, Mich. 2. Lewes, Del.-based Beebe Healthcare broke ground on a…
Anesthesia is at an inflection point: soaring demand, evolving technology and growing outpatient volume offer new opportunities, but workforce shortages, reimbursement pressure and increasing complexity threaten sustainability. These five trends illustrate why anesthesia leaders say 2026 will bring both opportunity…
Wyoming is the best state for physicians to reach financial independence, drawn from factors including average salary, state taxes, cost of living and malpractice environment, according to a recent blog post from Marit Health. Here’s a breakdown of the 10…
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Vanita Pindolia, PharmD, MBA
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Richard Pitts, D.O, Ph.D
Chief Medical Officer, Cal Optima Health
Michael Kobernick, MD, MS, MS-PopH, CPE
Senior Medical Director, Health Plan Business, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
Investing heavily in staff retention, buying under vendors’ best offerings and having tight controls over spending are three ways that this ASC is keeping up with inflation and rising costs. Suzi Cunningham, an administrator at Advanced Ambulatory Surgery Center in…
The highest-paid gastroenterologist in Los Angeles earns $1,044,600 per year, according to Medscape’s salary reporter tool. Here is what the five highest-paid gastroenterologists in Los Angeles earn each year, their amount of experience and their practice setting. 1. $1,044,600 annual…
Farmington, Conn.-based ProHealth Physicians, owned by Optum, UnitedHealth Group’s physician practice arm, will permanently close its primary care practice in Putnam, Conn., in December. In a Nov. 25 letter, Putnam Medical Associates said it would permanently close Dec. 23. Two…
ASC growth is heating up nationwide, but states in the South are expanding their ASC markets at an even more rapid pace. Florida, for example, has become a proving ground for ASC growth, with multiple new centers opening last year…