The American Medical Association is facing heightened scrutiny from Republican lawmakers about its role in shaping physician payment, The Washington Post reported Dec. 2. Five things to know: 1. Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., sent a letter to the AMA Dec.…
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A urologist at Downers Grove, Ill.-based Duly Health and Care has become the first in Illinois to perform a bladder control procedure using Medtronic’s Altaviva implant. Sarah Martin, DO, completed the procedure at DuPage Medical Group, part of Duly’s Chicagoland-based…
Physicians working abroad report widely different earnings depending on where they practice, according to a Medscape report published Nov. 24. Medscape surveyed 1,271 physicians who either currently work abroad or aspire to do so between Sept. 8 and Nov. 3.…
Here are nine updates on unionization efforts at healthcare organizations since Nov. 1, 2025: 1. Members of the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals concluded their three-day strike at San Diego-based Sharp HealthCare Nov. 29. 2. Registered…
UAB Selma Family Medicine Center, like many practices, struggled to balance care delivery and financial stability. A small billing team faced mounting denials, and accounts receivable days ballooned to 164. Staff were burned out. Revenue was stuck. And leaders couldn’t…
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Hospitals are under pressure to move patients through the system faster without compromising care. AdventHealth reengineered post-acute placement and aligned teams around transparent, tech-enabled workflows to reduce length of stay by 9%, halved post-acute placement times and unlocked $71M in…
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Here are two physicians appointed as CEOs of hospitals or health systems since Nov. 1, as reported by Becker’s. 1. Clint Seger, MD, was named CEO of Billing (Mont.) Clinic-Logan Health, effective Jan. 1. He currently serves as co-CEO of…
A Duluth, Minn., family practice physician is suing Aspirus St. Luke’s Hospital, also in Duluth, claiming the system’s enforcement of her noncompete blocks her from opening a private practice and harms community access to care, Duluth News Tribune reported Nov.…
Between Nov. 24 and Nov. 26, Becker’s reported on the closures of five physician practices owned by Optum or subsidiaries of Optum, UnitedHealth Group’s physician practice arm. 1. Four primary care practices in southern New Jersey are being shuttered by…
A first-of-its-kind, peer-reviewed study published in JAMA Network Open provides compelling evidence for what anecdotal reports previously suggested: ambient AI not only reduces documentation burden — it improves clinician wellbeing. Led by Yale School of Medicine and conducted across six…
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