Ophthalmology Limited has finished renovating and expanding its eye surgery center in Sioux Falls, S.D.. SiouxFalls.Business reported Oct. 15. The finished center has four operating rooms and offers two new specialty services. The project was done in two phases. Earlier…
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A federal bill that would ban corporate control of physician practices has no grandfather clause. Private equity-backed platforms built on management services organizations could be forced to restructure, unwind or divest if it passes. The Stop Corporate Takeovers of Physicians…
A year after executives said Optum Health had drifted from its original value-based care model, the smaller business is producing much larger profits, according to UnitedHealth Group’s Oct. 13 earnings release and call. Optum Health’s earnings from operations rose to…
Allegheny Health Network appointed Nipun Merchant, MD, as chair of its department of surgery and its first surgeon-in-chief, effective February 2027. Dr. Merchant will oversee surgical services across the network’s hospitals and ASCs, according to an Oct. 14 news release.…
Tacoma, Wash.-based Washington Gastroenterology has agreed to pay $4.6 million to settle a class-action lawsuit stemming from a 2024 data breach, according to an Oct. 14 report from Claim Depot. In March 2025, the practice discovered that certain data was…
As health systems grapple with financial pressures and shifting operational priorities, some are making workforce reductions that extend to physicians. At least three health systems have laid off physicians in 2026, with cuts affecting clinical staff, administrative leaders and other…
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The University of Kentucky Gill Heart & Vascular Institute Affiliate Network has added two new partners in Kentucky. Maysville, Ky.-based Meadowview Regional Medical Center and Flemingsburg, Ky.-based Fleming County Hospital joined the network, providing them with direct access to cardiovascular…
CMS now has the power to remove physicians and facilities from federal healthcare programs. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. delegated permissive exclusion authority to the CMS administrator, effective immediately, according to a notice published in the Federal Register Oct.…