Author: Patsy Newitt

Four physicians connected with Becker's to discuss what the physician workforce will look like in five years. 

Four physician leaders connected with Becker's to discuss where physicians are losing money right now. 

The owner of a Kalispell, Mont.-based chiropractic clinic and an employee will pay $450,000 to settle allegations of Medicaid fraud, the Flathead Beacon reported Nov. 15. 

Downers Grove, Ill.-based Duly Health and Care, which has more than 1,000 physicians in its portfolio, is adding three executives, according to a Nov. 15 news release. 

A former nurse has been sentenced for diverting opioids from a Boston-area hospital. 

Prema Thekkek, her Vacaville, Calif.-based management company and six skilled nursing facilities owned or operated by Ms. Thekkek will pay $45.6 million to resolve allegations they submitted false claims by paying kickbacks to physicians. 

Shalini Modi, MD, service chief of cardiology at Henry Ford West Bloomfield (Mich.), joined Becker's to discuss four major threats physicians are currently facing. 

As inflation has soared and accessing economies of scale becomes more difficult, physicians are flocking to employed models. 

HCA Healthcare is facing a potential lawsuit by the North Carolina attorney general and criticism from at least 124 current and former physicians from Asheville-based Mission Hospital who allege the hospital chain is putting profit over patient care, NBC News…

CMS will cut overall physician pay by 1.25% in 2023, according to its 2024 Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule released Nov. 2.