U.S. gas prices have dropped for seven weeks from $5 per gallon mid-June to near $4 per gallon, the Wall Street Journal reported Aug. 3.
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CVS Health wants a piece of primary care market
CVS Health plans to enter the primary care market by the end of this year, CNBC reported Aug. 3.
16 companies with healthcare focus benefitting from $500M American Rescue Plan
The Biden administration recently awarded grants to 32 workforce training partnerships as part of its $500 million Good Jobs Challenge.
California ASC to use new imaging technology
Pavilion Surgery Center, an affiliate of St. Joseph Hospital, both in Orange, Calif., has announced a partnership with Perimeter Medical Imaging AI to issue the first commercial placement of the Perimeter S-Series OCT system in the state of California….
Illinois hospital begins $13.2M renovation to add new ASC
Morris (Ill.) Hospital is beginning a new round of renovations to create a $13.2 million surgery center.
Physician-owned neurology practice pays $850K to settle false claims case
Watertown, N.Y.-based North Country Neurology admitted to improper and reckless billing and is paying $850,000 to settle false claims allegations, the U.S. Justice Department said Aug. 3.
Physicians will get $15M settlement in class-action lawsuit over bonuses
Physician staffing firm TeamHealth has agreed to pay physicians $15 million to resolve claims that it failed to properly pay its emergency physicians under compensation plans, Top Class Actions reported Aug. 2.
Walmart Healthcare: 5 updates from the last 60 days
From employee pay raises to new back-end operations software, here are five Walmart Healthcare updates Becker’s has covered since May 28:
CMS pay cuts will push physicians to employed models, Yale professor says
Some physician leaders are worried that CMS’ proposal to decrease the physician pay conversion factor by $1.53 to $33.08 will accelerate the migration of physicians to employed settings over independent models.
Physician investments jump 20% in Q2: 4 notes
The median investment/subsidy per physician jumped 22 percent from the second quarter of 2021 to 2022, according to Kaufman Hall’s “Physician Flash Report” published Aug. 1.
