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Physicians’ ranking of most important social issues
A large majority of physicians named healthcare access and substance abuse in their top five social issues, according to Medscape’s “Physicians’ Views on Today’s Divisive Social Issues Report 2022.”
$14.4M Missouri medical office building acquired by private equity company
Syndicated Equities has acquired a medical office building in Fenton, Mo., a suburb of St. Louis, for $14.4 million, REBusiness reported June 8.
Michigan physician pleads guilty to fraudulent billing, to pay $500K
A Muskegon, Mich., physician has pleaded guilty to billing Medicare, Medicaid and Blue Cross Blue Shield for services she didn’t perform, the U.S. Justice Department said June 7.
Illinois physician admits to illegally prescribing drug
A physician in Collinsville, Ill., admitted to illegally prescribing an anti-anxiety drug, the U.S. Justice Department said June 7.
‘Our business model would implode’: Why a physician group exited a payer’s network
David Kowalski, MD, a physician with Springfield (Ill.) Clinic, a physician group with ASCs that dropped out of network with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois last year after a pay dispute, shed light on the details of the dispute and what lies ahead …
How staffing shortages are a mental burden on healthcare professionals
Katie Lawrence serves as the executive director of ambulatory optimization and integration at Greenville, S.C.-based Prisma Health Medical Group. Ms. Lawrence will serve on the panel “The New Work-Life Balance: Best Ideas to Meet Staff and Physici…
Why this orthopedic surgeon is excited about pharma companies
Alan Rechter, MD, serves as an orthopedic surgeon at Houston-based Orthopaedic Associates. Dr. Rechter will serve on the panels “What Interventional Pain Management Will Look Like in 10 Years” and “Enter a New World of Postoperative Pain Managemen…
What it’s like being at the forefront of policy changes through a program director’s lens
Lorraine Hutzler serves as associate program director at the Center for Quality and Patient Safety at New York City-based NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital. Ms. Hutzler will serve on the panels “How to Make Bundled Payments, Risk-Based Pay a Win in …
How 1 CEO works smarter, not harder
Eric Schnapp serves as the CEO of Memphis, Tenn.-based Mays and Schnapp Pain Clinic and Rehabilitation Center. Mr. Schnapp will serve on the panel “ASC Management and Transactions: Big Trends for 2023” at Becker’s 19th Annual Spine, Orthopedic &am…
ASCs find new strategies to avoid reimbursement woes
Many ASCs are facing increasing obstacles in the payer landscape, but ASC administrators and executives are developing strategies like direct-to-employer contracting and attracting patients to bypass them.
