Becker's Physician Leadership

Family physician Jessica Triche, MD, pushed her organization to adopt a compensation plan that pays all family physicians equal base salaries regardless of gender, she wrote in an Oct. 29 blog post for the American Academy of Family Physicians. About…

A legal fight over non-compete clauses left behind by the failed merger of Schenectady, N.Y.-based Ellis Medicine and Albany, N.Y.-based St. Peter’s Health Partners is closing in on a Jan. 1 deadline for patients of the county’s only cardiology group,…

Physician leaders warn that CMS’ 2027 Medicare physician fee schedule final rule will put more strain on independent practices and make it harder for patients to get care. The final rule, released Nov. 4, cuts the conversion factor 2.31% to…

Independent physician practices finalizing their 2027 budgets now have the Medicare number they were bracing for, and while it is lower than the one CMS floated in July, the final rule’s changes land directly on the operating budget. Here are…

As more physicians join health systems or private equity-backed groups, these 10 physician leaders are keeping their practices in physicians’ hands. Some run groups of 100-plus physicians; others run small practices they founded themselves. Together they span nine specialties, from…

Here are nine updates on unionization efforts and other labor organizing among clinicians at hospitals and health systems in October, as reported by Becker’s:  1. Registered nurses at Providence St. Joseph Hospital Eureka (Calif.) and Providence Redwood Memorial Hospital in…

Zadie Kenkare, MD, an internist in Madison, Conn., has converted her practice to concierge medicine, moving from a larger patient panel to an annual membership model, Hartford Business reported Nov. 5. Dr. Kenkare launched the full-practice membership program with New…

CMS released its final rule for the calendar year 2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Nov. 4. Physician pay falls more than the agency proposed in July, while CMS scaled back a same-day visit cut and delayed its ban on vendor-run…