The compensation number a physician is quoted at signing is rarely the one that shows up in their bank account. The gap between physician’s headline compensation figure and actual take-home is wide, ...

Anesthesia reimbursement has been eroding for years, but the pace of payer-driven policy changes has accelerated sharply since 2023. “Continued decrease in reimbursement certainly puts a strain on ...

An operation can go exactly as planned and still become a bad surgical episode. The patient leaves the hospital, then falls at home. Pain or swelling sends them to the emergency department. A ...

More than 63% of physicians are already working in locum tenens or considering taking on a locum tenens role within the next five years, according to a report from Doximity. The “Physician ...

A two-paragraph provision in North Carolina’s new state budget has left oral health advocates uncertain about its implications for Medicaid coverage of dental procedures performed at ASCs, North ...

EyePoint Pharmaceuticals has agreed to pay the U.S. government $4,657,463.18 to resolve False Claims Act allegations tied to its ophthalmic drug DEXYCU. According to a July 17 news release by the ...

Orthopedic surgery continues to evolve through advances in sports medicine, joint replacement, trauma, pediatric orthopedics, limb reconstruction and upper extremity care. Across the country, leading ...

Neurosurgery is advancing rapidly through innovations in brain tumor surgery, cerebrovascular care, functional neurosurgery, pediatric neurosurgery, neurotrauma and complex spine surgery. Across the U ...

CMS’s proposed 2027 payment rule includes a 2.4% overall bump for ASCs. That number represents an average across hundreds of codes, and it collapses two things that are moving in opposite directions ...

Health systems, private equity, payers and physician-owned platforms are all acquiring outpatient assets simultaneously, and for different reasons. The physician medical group subsector captured a ...

Washington has the highest annual median wage for anesthesiologists of any state, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In total, there were eight states where the median wage for ...

Providence Health Plan’s decision to wind down most of its insurance business starting in 2027 is the latest example of a payvider model failing, and it raises a question of who controls where ...