Six physicians who built billion-dollar companies are seeing their personal fortunes climb, according to Forbes’ billionaire rankings. Thomas Frist Jr., MD — a former U.S. Air Force flight surgeon who co-founded HCA Healthcare with his father, Thomas Frist Sr., MD,…
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Physician compensation continues to climb faster than productivity, according to a new report from consulting firm SullivanCotter. The firm’s “2026 Physician Compensation and Productivity Survey,” found that median total cash compensation rose year over year across all major specialties even…
Four of the 15 healthcare-industry billionaires on Forbes’ 2026 Forbes 400 list are physicians, and the rest built their fortunes as executives, founders or heirs in hospitals, medical devices, drug distribution and pharma. Here are the physicians who made the…
Two New York ophthalmology practices’ $2.3 million settlement over outside transcranial doppler testing arrangements is the latest example of a Stark law problem hiding in plain sight: a referral relationship that looks like routine outsourcing but fails the law’s ownership…
Physician assistants averaged a salary of $155,000 in 2026, continuing a run of steady raises since 2022, according to a report from Medscape. The topline number hides a more complicated picture: pay growth varies widely by specialty setting, state and…
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Noncompete agreements continue to fuel legal battles across healthcare, with recent cases involving cardiologists, CRNAs and competing physician groups. The disputes highlight how restrictive covenants can shape where clinicians are able to practice, how health systems retain specialty groups and…
Prior authorization has become more than an administrative headache for physician practices. For some, it now requires dedicated staff, outside consultants and new internal workflows — while patients wait for insurers to approve care their physicians have already deemed necessary. …
Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., sued more than 700 patients over unpaid bills during his more than two-decade career as a practicing OB-GYN in Kansas, and courts issued arrest warrants against 81 of those patients for missing related court dates, The…
Interventional radiology and neurosurgery posted the largest physician pay increases of any specialty over the last year, according to Doximity’s 2026 Physician Compensation Report. Doximity, a digital platform for U.S. medical professionals, released the report Aug. 25. It draws on…
Adrian Gollas, MD, an anesthesiologist in Sioux City, Iowa, is asking a state court to overturn the Iowa Board of Medicine’s finding that he committed fraud on his medical license application, according to an Aug. 31 report by the Iowa…