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Author: Laura Dyrda

Physician practices started the year off with a 6% revenue increase, but expenses also grew, according to a new report from Syntellis.

Yi Kao, MD, alleged his former employer, Mount Nittany Medical Center, wrongly terminated his privileges in a lawsuit filed Jan. 19, according to the Centre Daily Times.

Medical group revenue per physician jumped 16.7% in 2023 but expenses are also on the rise, according to the AMGA Medical Group Operations and Finance Survey.

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Hospitals are typically thought of as the most common medical group and ASC buyer. But that's not the case anymore. Hospitals aren't even among the top three buyers for the last four years, according to an American Hospital Association analysis…

David Lankford, MD, an Indiana-based pediatric intensivist, filed a lawsuit against Lutheran Medical Group to prevent his former employer from enforcing a noncompete agreement, according to a report in The Journal Gazette.

Internal medicine reported the highest pay increase of any specialty featured in the AMGA's Medical Group Compensation and Productivity Survey.

Eleven people were indicted in a $2 billion telemedicine fraud scheme focused on orthotic braces and pain creams, according to the Justice Department.

David John Hetzel, MD, sued Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Hospital, owned by HCA Healthcare, in early June, alleging libel against his former employer, according to a report in Citizen Times.

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