Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth’s plan to replace emergency services contracts at three Oregon locations has resulted in a slew of controversy between clinicians, hospital executives and legislators in recent weeks. Lawmakers have begun to scrutinize the arrangement between peaceHealth and Lane…
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Clinician Nexus, a healthcare technology company, has launched CM2, an AI-powered platform designed to manage physician compensation and replace manual spreadsheet-based processes. The platform is intended to help healthcare organizations move from reactive compensation management to a more proactive model…
ASD Specialty Healthcare, doing business as Oncology Supply, agreed to pay 1 million to resolve allegations it violated the False Claims Act by paying kickbacks to healthcare providers and medical practice executives to induce purchases of specialty pharmaceutical products, according…
On Feb. 25, physician staffing groups filed a federal antitrust lawsuit in California against the BCBS Association and over 30 of its licensees — along with plan owners Elevance Health, Highmark, GuideWell, Cambia Health Solutions and Health Care Service Corp.…
Fragmentation, manual work and workflow burden are burdening physician practices’ ability to manage their finances, according to Encoda’s “The state of financial health” survey, published Feb. 24. Encode surveyed 84 physician practice leaders. primarily from independently or physician-owned organizations. More…
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Stark law has long served as a guardrail against improper financial relationships in healthcare. But as delivery models evolve, many physicians say the next chapter of the conversation should focus less on whether the law should exist, and more on…
Speed is becoming a revenue cycle differentiator for physician practices, and Encoda’s “The state of financial health” survey, published Feb. 24, shows many practices still can’t see issues early enough to prevent downstream leakage. The survey collected insights from 84…
The same financial pressures hospitals are facing are increasingly evident at the physician enterprise level, according to Kaufman Hall’s latest quarterly “Physician Flash Report,” which is based on data from more than 200,000 employed providers — physicians and advanced practice…
Clinics and physician practices recorded six bankruptcy filings in 2025, down from ten filings in 2024, according to a report from Gibbins Advisor published Jan. 22. Here are 10 more stats to know: 1. Clinics and physician practice bankruptcies increased…
Traditions Health has agreed to pay $34 million to resolve its civil liability under the False Claims Act for submitting medically unnecessary home health claims to Medicare and providing financial benefits to physicians in exchange for referrals, according to a…