A single ICD-10 code, a missing modifier or a misclassified procedure intent can shift a colonoscopy from a fully covered preventive service to a medically necessary diagnostic one, which could change what the payer reimburses, what the patient owes and…
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As reimbursement issues and a heated consolidation race continue to tighten the physician practice market across the U.S., ASC ownership has emerged as an avenue for physicians to reclaim autonomy of their medical practice while staying financially afloat. But ASC…
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UnityPoint Health and the Iowa Clinic, both based in West Des Moines, Iowa, have filed civil claims against each other over the sale of the Iowa Clinic’s stake in Lakeview Surgery Center, a jointly owned outpatient practice. The dispute centers…
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When clinicians don’t trust clinical decision-support tools, they don’t just ignore them. They spend extra time verifying and correcting AI-generated recommendations undermining productivity and compromising the very quality-of-care gains these tools are meant to deliver. At Becker’s 16th Annual Meeting,…
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The Urology Group – Central Indiana will permanently close June 30, citing the departure of physicians that left the practice with only one full-time urologist, according to a notice on the practice’s website. The practice’s sole remaining physician, Robert Williams,…
Reimbursement is tightening, operating costs are climbing and competition from hospitals and national platforms is accelerating. Yet a growing number of orthopedic and spine surgeons are responding not by retrenching but by redesigning their business models and restructuring partnerships to…
Virginia and Tennessee will both impose new restrictions on noncompete agreements starting July 1, 2026, adding to a growing wave of state-level limits on the employment clauses that affect tens of thousands of healthcare workers. According to a June 22…