Chiropractor Michael Lea and his company have filed a lawsuit against Multidisciplinary Business Applications, doing business as Concierge Coaches, alleging fraud and breach of contract, according to a May 11 report from the Florida Record What happened?
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Gastroenterologists consistently rank among the highest-paid physician specialists — but many are feeling shortchanged. According to a new report from recently launched salary transparency platform Marit Health, gastroenterologists report some of the lowest job satisfaction scores among physicians, despite a salary that places them near the top of the compensation ladder. The Medscape Physician Compensation […]
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Perioperative monitoring solutions provider Senzime has launched a medical affairs division, as well as an open-access education platform. The medical affairs division will function a collaboration hub between academic centers, anesthesia providers and perioperative teams, according to a May 13 press release. Senzime’s director of clinical and medical affairs, Jen Sanders, will lead the division. […]
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Shadi Jarjous, MD, chief of hospital medicine at Allentown, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Health Network, spoke with Becker’s about the systemic changes that could make medicine a more attractive career path for the next generation of students. With growing concerns about physician burnout, workforce shortage and medical school enrollment pressures, Dr. Jarjous highlighted four critical areas […]
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Hudson, N.Y.-based Columbia Memorial Health will add an ASC and cardiac care center at its Greene Medical Arts Center in Catskill, N.Y., according to a May 12 report from Hudson Valley 360. The new ASC will feature four operating rooms and two procedural rooms and offer gynecology, orthopedics and colonoscopies, according to the report. The […]
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Penn Medicine has hired more than 40 physicians-in-training who were displaced by the closing of Upland, Pa.-based Crozer Health, according to a May 9 report from The Philadelphia Inquirer. The system added 26 family medicine residents from Crozer, which shuttered its final hospital May 2. In addition, Penn Medicine is hiring all 12 of Crozer’s […]
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Nearly half (43%) of medical practices in the U.S. have been using AI at work for over a year, with 36% of practicing physicians, nurses and IT professionals using it to transcribe patient notes. In addition, several practices are using it for documentation requirements, reimbursement claims and as a virtual scribe. “In the fast-paced world […]
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Brentwood, Tenn.-based ASC chain Surgery Partners recorded $776 million in revenue during the first quarter of 2025, an increase of 8.2% compared to the first quarter of 2024. Here are nine more notes, according to a May 12 news release from the company.
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There have been numerous ASCs and physician practices that have closed in the first months of 2025 for a range of reasons. Rising operational costs, staffing shortages and stagnant reimbursements rates are among the most common factors in the closures. Here are the practices and ASCs closing so far this year, as reported by Becker’s.
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Anissa Maroof, MD, a physician in Potomac, Md., pleaded guilty to a single federal count of unlawfully distributing and dispensing controlled substances. Between January 2019 and June 2022, Dr. Maroof distributed alprazolam, amphetamine-dextroamphetamine and buprenorphine outside the scope of professional practice and not for a legitimate medical purpose, according to a May 9 news release […]
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