A new Federal Trade Commission study found that primary care is far less concentrated than many physician specialties, with just 18% of primary care ZIP codes classified as highly concentrated. Published March 11, the study uses claims data from six…
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Over the last 20 years, the presence of independent practices in medicine has declined drastically as reimbursement rates fail to keep up with the rising cost of infrastructure and operations—and cardiology is no exception. In an analysis published March 11…
HHS’ Office of the Inspector General issued a favorable result regarding a proposal to offer discounts to certain ASCs in intraocular lenses and supplies in cataract surgery, law firm Epstein Becker Green said in a March 12 blog post. Here…
Rising costs, specialty drug pressure and Medicare Advantage headwinds are making sustained medical loss ratio performance harder to achieve. At many health plans, risk, quality, network and value-based initiatives are still managed through disconnected analytics tools or spreadsheets. This fragmentation…
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Trenor Williams, MD
CEO and Co-Founder, Socially Determined
Justin Neece
Chief Growth Officer, MedeAnalytics
Soyal Momin
Chief Data & Analytics Officer, Major Health Plan
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia anesthesiologist Susan Nicolson, MD, received the 2026 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia Society. Dr. Nicolson was honored March 12 at the CCAS annual meeting in Denver for her clinical, research and educational contributions…
Gainesville, Fla.-based University of Florida Health cut the ribbon on the UF Health Orthopaedic Surgical Center. The 24,000-square-foot facility, located in Gainesville, Fla., includes 11 pre-operation and 11 post-operation bays, according to a March 12 news release from UF Health. …
Access GPO has entered a multi-year agreement with Medtronic to expand ASC access to the Affera mapping and ablation system and Sphere-9 catheter. The partnership is designed to accelerate adoption of pulsed-field ablation technology among physician-led ASCs treating cardiac arrhythmias.…
There is an ongoing dispute between hospital and health plan leaders in North Carolina over the use of “facility fees” in outpatient billing, NC Newsline reported March 12. Last year, the Senate passed a bill that would restrict facility fees…
The ophthalmology sector has experienced significant consolidation over the past five years, largely driven by private equity, according to a report from VMG Health. Here are seven things to know from the report: 1. Deal volume in the ophthalmology sector…
Discontinuing GLP-1 treatment does not always cause significant weight gain, as many patients transition to other obesity or diabetes treatments, according to a Cleveland Clinic study published March 12 in Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism. One year after discontinuation, 19.6% of patients…