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As financial pressures mount, healthcare employers are taking aggressive steps to rein in expenses, according to Medscape’s “Cost Oversight at Medical Providers” report published Sept 16.  Medscape surveyed 1,007 physicians across 29 specialties to gauge how cost-cutting efforts are shaping…

A recent Medscape report, “Cost Oversight at Medical Providers,” published Sept. 16, surveyed 1,007 physicians across 29 specialties to gauge how cost-cutting efforts are shaping their work.  From patient care to staff morale, here’s how physicians say cost reduction affects…

In-house CT-scanners are hard to come by in outpatient cardiology offices, despite their known effectiveness and accuracy in identifying early stages of heart disease.  A recent wave of cardiologists are looking to change that. Alberto Morales, MD, founder of South…

Benjamin Levy III, MD, a gastroenterologist at University of Chicago Medicine, joined Becker’s to discuss strategies to safeguard physician autonomy as gastroenterology practices undergo increasing consolidation. Editor’s note: This interview was edited lightly for clarity and length.  Question: What are…

As pressures mount on independent physicians and health systems, a new model is reshaping ASC development: the three-way joint venture. This structure, typically uniting a health system, a physician group, and an ASC management company, aligns interests across care while…

There have been several moves by state governments in the last year to restrict noncompete agreements in physicians’ employment contracts, according to a Sept. 16 report by the American Medical Association. This legislative trend runs parallel to the decline of…

St. Louis-based SSM Health is set to open a new outpatient campus in Sun Prairie, Wis.  The 90,000-square-foot facility aims to expand access to eye care through outpatient eye and orthopedic surgical services, according to a Sept. 17 news release…

The Palm Beach Health Network Physician Group has added Michael Halista, MD, according to a Sept. 16 report from South Florida Hospital News.  Dr. Halista is an interventional and structural cardiologist and specializes in minimally invasive treatment of coronary artery…

Newark, Del.-based ChristianaCare’s Center for Heart & Vascular Health is the first facility in the state to offer two FDA-approved, minimally invasive procedures for tricuspid valve disease. The TriClip device repairs a leaky tricuspid valve by clipping its flaps together,…