Ahmed Hasan, MD, has been practicing gastroenterology independently in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley for 30 years. Six independent GI groups with their own ASCs used to operate alongside him in the Greater Lehigh Valley, a total of roughly 60 gastroenterologists. Today,…
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Noncompete agreements, certificate-of-need laws and tax incentives are some of the most powerful policy levers shaping the way that independent physicians practice. Marcelo Hochman, MD, a Charleston-based independent physician and former president of the Independent Doctors of South Carolina, has…
The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions has come out in support of a legislative vote that would bar CMS from expanding the Wasteful and Inappropriate Service Reduction (WISeR) Model — a controversial prior authorization pilot. The House Appropriations Committee…
CMS finalized a rule June 12 that significantly reshapes how accrediting organizations operate, and the new requirements signal more rigorous, standardized and independent surveys ahead. The rule, titled “Strengthening Oversight of Accrediting Organizations and Preventing AO Conflicts of Interest,” targets…
In 2024, seven major Stark law indictments contributed to a record-breaking 979 qui tam lawsuits, with False Claims Act settlements and judgments totaling $2.92 billion by the federal government’s fiscal year-end. The enforcement wave was built across five years of…
Robots have become central in the future of the orthopedic device market and joint replacement surgery over the last several years. However, as these technologies become more ubiquitous, surgeons have begun questioning their true value in surgical care at a…
As of early 2026, hospitals or corporate entities employ 82% of physicians — a 5.6 percentage point increase in just two years, according to Avelere and the Physicians Advocacy Institute. The consolidation has been decades in the making, but the…
Smokers. Diabetic patients. Revision cases. Multilevel fusions. These are the patients where reliable fusion is hardest to achieve and where biologic selection carries the most weight. A clinical evidence review brings together more than 10 years of published literature and…
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ASC consolidation is not slowing because independent operators are getting stronger. It’s slowing because the financial math that made acquisitions irresistible no longer works. The roll-up era produced a significant national footprint. Dallas-based United Surgical Partners International, Brentwood, Tenn.-based Surgery…
Most health systems can launch an AI pilot. Far fewer turn that early momentum into measurable, organization wide results. The first months after deployment are where it’s decided. Measurement choices, workflow friction and change management either embed AI into daily…
Jul 15, 2026 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CDT
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- H. Jay Wisnicki, M.D., Medical Director, Union Square Eye Center
- Aaron Nye, Chief Operations Officer, Connect America
- Stephanie Lahr, MD, CHCIO, FACHDH, Chief Medical Information Officer, IntelePeer