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‘Patients will suffer’: Physicians talk impact of potential CMS pay cut
Physicians are bewildered and concerned about the CMS proposal to cut physician pay by 4.42 percent in its Medicare physician fee schedule proposal for 2023.
Catalyst Healthcare acquires Montana ASC property
Catalyst Healthcare Real Estate and National Real Estate Advisors have purchased a 244,500-square-foot clinic campus in Great Falls, Mont, Rebusiness Online wrote on July 19.
GI surgeon Dr. Timothy Wang named as Mainz Biomed’s inaugural advisory board member
Gastrointestinal surgeon Timothy Wang, MD, has been appointed as the inaugural member of a new medical advisory board for Mainz Biomed.
Changes in gastroenterologist pay over 6 years
The current average base salary for gastroenterologists has decreased 1.2 percent since 2016, according to Merritt Hawkins’ 2022 “Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting Incentives.”
10 procedures CMS proposes moving off the inpatient-only list in 2023
Medicare is recommending removing 10 procedures from the inpatient-only list in 2023, according to its Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System and Ambulatory Surgical Center Payment System proposed rule, released July 15.
Pain specialist pays $271K to settle pharma kickback case
Santa Monica, Calif., pain specialist Gerald Sacks, MD, paid $271,259 to settle allegations that he prescribed opioids in exchange for kickbacks from pharmaceutical companies, the Justice Department said July 18.
‘System collapse’ looming with unchecked physician pay cuts, surgeon says
Many physicians are shocked and confused by Medicare’s physician fee schedule proposed rule for 2023, which would reduce the conversion factor by 4.42 percent.
Family medicine physicians, general internal medicine physicians among jobs with fastest growing pay in 2022
While the unemployment rate in the U.S. is slowly declining, so is the rate of wage increases for many workers.
How ASC competition has shifted over the last 5 years
Seven ASC leaders spoke with Becker’s to discuss how competition in the ASC industry has shifted in the last five years.
Gastroenterologists are the most ‘in-demand’ specialty, report finds
Gastroenterologists are the most in-demand physician specialty, according to Merritt Hawkins and AMN Healthcare’s 2022 “Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting Incentives.”
