As consolidation activity accelerates across the ASC industry, Avon, Conn.-based Constitution Surgery Alliance CFO Philip Cooksey said the company is staying deliberately selective about who it partners with, leaning on quality as a non-negotiable rather than chasing scale for its…
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Ambient AI note-taking has been marketed to physicians on the premise that it gives them more face-to-face time with patients by completing their visit notes in real-time. For Mikel Daniels, DPM, that promise comes with a catch he believes most…
Gastroenterology practices are absorbing pressure from two directions at once this year, and physicians and administrators say the damage is showing up procedure by procedure, on individual claims and individual schedules. CMS’ 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule cut ASC-based GI…
Fondren Orthopedic Group, a physician-owned orthopedic practice serving the Houston area, is opening its first ASC. And according to COO Joshua Smith, the driving force behind it is simple: increased caseloads of patients want care closer to home, on their…
Most physicians say they’d still choose medicine if they had it to do over again, but nearly half say they’re likely to leave clinical practice within the next two years, according to Doximity’s 2026 Physician Compensation Report. Doximity, a digital…
Sanford Health’s acquisition of Robbinsdale, Minn.-based North Memorial Health is set to close Sept. 1, after the two systems signed a 10-year oversight agreement with the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office Aug. 28 — five times longer than Sanford’s original two-year…
The Ambulatory Surgery Center Association submitted formal comments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services on Aug. 31, 2026, urging the agency to eliminate the ASC weight scalar in the proposed calendar year 2027 Outpatient Prospective Payment System and…
A national healthcare organization operating more than 100 hospitals spent one day examining how it requests, approves and pays for locum tenens coverage. The exercise required no extra spend and produced five recommendations. Leaders had reason to look. Locum tenens…
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Interventional radiology and neurosurgery posted the largest physician pay increases of any specialty over the last year, according to Doximity’s 2026 Physician Compensation Report. Doximity, a digital platform for U.S. medical professionals, released the report Aug. 25. It draws on…
Adrian Gollas, MD, an anesthesiologist in Sioux City, Iowa, is asking a state court to overturn the Iowa Board of Medicine’s finding that he committed fraud on his medical license application, according to an Aug. 31 report by the Iowa…