Here are three more notes on independent physician pay and workload: 1. Forty percent of independent physicians reported a reduction in income in the last year, compared to 23% of employed physicians.

Hickory, N.C.-based Gastroenterology Associates has added its 10th physician, gastroenterologist Devan Patel, MD, according to a Sept. 19 report from the Hickory Daily Record. The practice now ...

Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Novant Health plans to open a two-story outpatient facility in a former Verizon Wireless call center in Wilmington, N.C., according to a Sept. 19 report from Wilmington Biz.

Chicago-based Oak Street Health, owned by CVS Health since 2023, agreed to pay $60 million to settle allegations that it was involved in a kickback scheme that violated the False Claims Act.

Bethlehem, Pa.-based St. Luke's University Health Network has opened its seventh medical office building, according to a Sept. 19 report from the Saucon Source. The 20,000-square-foot, two-story ...

A medical office building in North Smithfield, R.I., has sold for $1.95 million, according to a Sept. 18 report from Providence Business News. The 17,929-square-foot facility was sold by Ocean State ...

An Alexandria, La.-based physician has been charged for his role in a $32.7 million Medicare fraud scheme involving medically unnecessary definitive urine drug testing services. From around January ...

Consolidation has been on the rise across healthcare, and cardiology is no different.

CommonSpirit Vascular Surgery Penrose, a clinic located inside Penrose Hospital in Colorado Springs, Colo., was forced to close after an "abrupt departure of all medical providers," The Denver Gazette ...

Discover the top-ranked state for healthcare in 2024 according to MoneyGeek, with Rhode Island earning a perfect score of 100.

Here are 10 notes on medical school debt and how it compares to physician pay, according to data from the Education Data Initiative and Medscape's 2024 " Physician Compensation Report." 1. Medical ...

Here are nine statistics to know about patient safety incidents in the ASC setting from the first quarter of 2024: 1. In Q1, the ASC patient fall rate was 0.149 for every 1,000 admissions, up from ...