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 ...

More than half of independent physicians said mergers and acquisitions have negatively affected their job satisfaction, according to a recent Physicians Foundation survey . The 2024 Survey of ...

Employed physicians have reported higher levels of burnout, anger and anxiety compared to independent physicians, according to a recent Physicians Foundation survey . The 2024 Survey of America's ...

OptumCare, based in Basking Ridge, N.J., is set to lay off 160 employees, according to a WARN notice posted on the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development website. The layoffs are ...

Gastroenterology, while still largely independent, has seen an overall increase in consolidation with the rise of supergroups like Dallas-based GI Alliance. The group already operates over 800 ...

Keith Dunleavy, MD, is the youngest physician billionaire, according to Forbes' 2024 World's Billionaires list. Dr. Dunleavy is a 55-year-old internal medicine physician. He founded Inovalon, a ...

The physician deficit could grow to 86,000 by 2036. One large contributor to the growing deficit is the average age of practicing physicians. Currently, some 20% of clinical physicians are aged 65 ...

Project Spruce, a consortium of nine pediatric hospitals, has successfully cut greenhouse gas emissions from inhaled anesthetics by over 50% across its nine partners. The consortium aims to improve ...

As physicians and ASCs face increasing obstacles in securing reimbursements from insurance companies, many are looking to direct-pay or cash models to cut out the need for payers. Cash-pay service ...

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.

Here are three notes for ASC leaders navigating strained negotiations with payers and managing costs as reimbursements decline: ...