Missed lab appointments don’t just delay care, they drive up costs, reduce capacity and frustrate patients. Providence, one of the nation’s largest nonprofit systems, tackled this head-on. The result? An 8-fold increase in lab appointment scheduling, reduced no-shows and a…
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Sixty-one percent of physicians said their patients were influenced by medical misinformation at least a moderate amount over the past year, according to a survey from the Physician’s Foundation. The report, which surveyed more than 1,000 physicians, explored the impact…
UnitedHealth Group’s Optum, parent company of ASC chain SCA Health, named Ben Eklo chief financial officer, effective Nov. 1. Here are five things to know: 1. Mr. Eklo has spent 18 years with the company, a spokesperson told Becker’s, and…
Physician leadership is at a crossroads as the demands of the healthcare industry evolve more quickly than the traditional structure of many physician leadership roles. “But as s people and the workforce have evolved, there’s a growing understanding: if you’re…
In recent years, physicians have largely shifted from private practice into employed settings such as hospitals, health systems and other corporate healthcare entities. According to a report published in May in the Journal of the Society of Laparoscopic and Robotic…
From shrinking reimbursement margins to cyberattacks and staffing shortages, here’s five reasons why physician practices are shuttering in 2025: 1. Reimbursement challenges For many independent physicians, reimbursement cuts remain the most immediate threat to survival. In March, Lisa Egbert, MD,…
Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health is in the midst of a sweeping expansion, inking four major deals in the past year that are reshaping its physician network and competitive positioning across the Upper Midwest. As the largest rural health system…
A new class of medical schools is opening across the U.S., designed to expand access to training and bring more physicians to communities facing growing care demands. Below are five new medical schools that opened or were announced this year.…
Physician and healthcare CEO pay continues to climb. And for physicians, growing pay disparities, steep proposed Medicare cuts and years of inflation-adjusted declines, are reshaping how much physicians really take home. Here are 10 breakdowns of both physician and CEO…
Pharmacy benefit managers have become some of the most powerful, and controversial, players in healthcare. PBMs face growing scrutiny from federal and state lawmakers, health systems and physicians who say the middlemen add costs and restrict care access. Here are…
