Austin, Texas-based Total MD Physicians Group, doing business as Total Men’s Primary Care, and physician Mason Jones, MD, have agreed to a consent judgment requiring them to pay up to $600,000 in civil penalties to resolve Drug Enforcement Administration allegations…
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Physician practices across cardiology, orthopedics and gastroenterology have faced a sustained wave of data breaches over the past 100 days. For ASC operators and their affiliated practices, the pattern is a warning: a breach isn’t just an IT problem, it’s…
HCA Healthcare’s acquisition of Valesco was initially a financial drag. Now, executives say the physician platform is stabilizing costs, strengthening payer negotiations and giving the company greater control over services central to hospital operations. Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA fully acquired Valesco,…
David Antonio Becerril, MD, a 70-year-old physician from Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, was sentenced July 8 to 40 months in prison and ordered to pay $1.25 million in restitution for his role in a nationwide telemarketing scheme that defrauded Medicare. According…
A new report published in Health Economics, Policy and Law July 6 argues that hospital-affiliated physicians, not private equity-backed physicians, are the most likely to steer care toward higher-cost sites of service — a finding the authors say complicates the…
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University Hospitals has opened a fifth UH Select concierge primary care location in Westlake, Ohio, the health system announced July 21. The new practice sits on the UH St. John Medical Center campus and is now accepting new patients. Cynthia…
Physicians are grappling with an array of pressures in 2026, as the expansion of AI in medical practices, diminishing practice autonomy and rising practice costs complicate their day-to-day work and spell uncertainty for the future. Four physicians recently joined Becker’s…
CMS on July 14 issued a proposed rule outlining Medicare Part B payment policy changes for physicians and other practitioners under the calendar year 2027 Physician Fee Schedule, with changes proposed to take effect Jan. 1, 2027. Here are nine…
Iowa is the first state to offer physicians an “emeritus” medical license without continuing education requirements, The Gazette reported July 13. Iowa ranks 44th in the nation for its doctor-to-patient ratio and is projected to be short more than 1,600…
The Georgia Composite Medical Board issued a position statement in early May reinterpreting a 2006 state law in a way that advanced practice registered nurses warn will force clinic closures and cut off healthcare access across rural Georgia, The Georgia…