The day after we buried my mother, I turned 7 and my father insisted that I blow out a birthday candle, because he understood that someone had to define the new normal. I have been defining new normals ever since:…
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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…
A St. Louis County judge ordered Retina Associates of St. Louis to pay ophthalmologist Blonie Wayne Dudney, MD, $1.07 million in unpaid compensation, according to court documents accessed by Becker’s. Here are five things to know: 1. Judge John Borbonus…
Clarksville, Tenn.-based Premier Medical Group will pay $2.8 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by billing Medicare and Tricare for services that nonphysician practitioners provided, using physicians’ National Provider Identifier numbers. The U.S. Attorney’s Office…
Median annual physician productivity runs from 4,964 work relative value units in psychiatry to 12,500 in radiology, according to an Oct. 21 report from Marit. The analysis drew on 4,456 salary reports on Marit’s platform with wRVU detail as of…
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Illinois’ End-of-Life Options for Terminally Ill Patients Act has been in effect since Sept. 12, while three federal lawsuits are already shaping which providers must follow its requirements. The law, also known as Deb’s Law, was signed by Gov. JB…
Physicians are being sued less often than at any point in the last decade, but medical liability premiums rose for the seventh straight year in 2025. Insurers say larger payouts are driving the increases. Here are 20 malpractice stats to…
The Washington Supreme Court has ruled 6-3 that Seattle-based Virginia Mason Medical Center violated a state rule barring defense lawyers from privately communicating with a patient’s treating physicians, including physicians who no longer work for the hospital, according to a…
Noncompetes, poached surgeons and practice sales drove some of the year’s most-watched legal fights over physicians, practices and pay. Here are 12 cases Becker’s covered in 2026 and where they stand now. 1. Ellis Medicine v. St. Peter’s Health Partners…
A federal judge has temporarily blocked Illinois from enforcing its assisted-dying law against Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago, two orders of Catholic women religious and an Illinois pharmacist, OSV News reported Oct. 23. The judge issued the temporary restraining order…