Leadership

Private practice physicians are facing mounting challenges threatening financial stability and ability to provide care. 

The former CEO of a hospital in Rockdale, Texas, has agreed to pay more than $5.3 million to resolve allegations of paying kickbacks to physicians for laboratory referrals. 

San Diego-based lab company Precision Toxicology, operating as Precision Diagnostics, agreed to pay $27 million to resolve allegations it submitted false claims for medically unnecessary urine drug tests and provided free items to physicians who referred expensive laboratory testing business…

ASC leaders agree that effective leadership goes beyond managing operations, and it requires continuous learning and adaptation to stay ahead in the dynamic industry.

Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare is the parent company of United Surgical Partners International, the country's largest ASC chain. 

In a new ranking, Wallethub named Carmel, Ind., the best small city to live in for its low unemployment rate, low rent costs and high median annual household income, among other factors. 

Hoang Ho, MD, will be closing her private practice in Allen, Texas, and joining the Baylor Scott & White Family Medicine Clinic, according to a notice on the practice's website.

 From commercial payers to physician organizations, six physician leaders joined Becker's to discuss the healthcare power players they are watching. 

 Physician autonomy has become a core concern as the workforce faces growing consolidation, with large healthcare systems, corporate entities and insurance companies increasingly influencing clinical decision-making and operational practices.

The nature of the Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) is to provide efficient, high-quality  surgical care while promoting financial sustainability.