Youngstown, Ohio-based Southwoods Health has sued two of its physician shareholders. The system alleges that a planned sale of their practice, Youngstown Orthopaedic Associates, to Cleveland Clinic breaches their ownership agreements, according to a lawsuit filed Oct. 1 in Mahoning…
The Latest
Physician practices across five states announced closures in September, citing retirements, consolidation and financial strain. Here are seven closures Becker’s reported: 1. Optum is planning to close one of its clinics in Anacortes, Wash., in December. The practice, Island Internal…
ASCs completed insurance verification on 83% of cases in 2025, leaving 233,856 cases unverified, according to HST Pathways’ 2026 State of the ASC Industry Report. The report draws on data from 682 surgery centers in 45 states. Here are five…
Ellis Medicine is leasing the former Veterans Affairs clinic in Rotterdam, N.Y., and plans to open primary care and cardiology clinics there in January, local radio station WAMC reported Oct. 4. Ellis CEO Paul Milton announced the lease at a…
Health systems that keep resisting the shift to ASCs are putting their financial future at risk, according to Regent Surgical CEO Travis Messina. Asked what is at stake for systems unwilling to adapt, Mr. Messina told Becker’s: “To be blunt,…
A 34-year-old woman has pleaded guilty to healthcare fraud and aggravated identity theft for billing Medicaid for mental health therapy services that were never provided, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Texas. Tekiyah McLeod served…
Jerry Jones III, MD, a former emergency room physician in Mequon, Wis., was sentenced to 27 months in prison for unlawful prescribing controlled substances. On June 29, 2026, Dr. Jones pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute controlled…
Healthcare’s AI conversation has moved from adoption to performance. Many health systems have built the technology and governance to scale AI. The harder question is whether clinicians and staff are ready to make sound decisions with it. A health system…
Four Maryland residents have been sentenced for conspiring with an Annandale, Va.-based physician convicted of distributing more than 7,000 oxycodone pills and thousands of milliliters of codeine and hydrocodone cough syrups, according to an Oct. 2 news release from the…
A service line is short two physicians. The employed group can absorb some of it. Per diem covers a few shifts. An agency can fill the rest by next month, at a rate someone will have to justify in the…
Nov 10, 2026 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM CST
Presented by:
Presenters:
- Greg Morgan, VP, Physician Enterprise, Hallmark
- John Buffa, CEO, Austin Major Group
- April Hansen, CEO, Barton Associates
- James Tekippe, Director, VMG Health