Joining a health system through acquisition can bring real benefits to a physician practice, including operational support, better access to capital, stronger payer contracting leverage and long-term stability. However, these deals sit inside a complex, heavily regulated legal landscape and…
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Fort Myers, Fla.-based Lee Health has acquired fellow Fort Myers provider Gardner Orthopedics, expanding its orthopedic and musculoskeletal care services across the region. All 75 Gardner Orthopedics employees, including five physicians, nurses, physical therapists, medical assistants and administrative staff, joined…
A Mansfield, Mass., optometrist who sold his practice to a private equity-backed group in 2023 has launched PracticeAmerica, a “doctor-to-doctor” practice transition marketplace designed to give independent physicians a seller-financed exit path without brokers or PE involvement, according to a…
Boca Raton, Fla.-based All Star Healthcare Solutions has acquired the locum tenens division of Cross Country Healthcare, combining two of the larger specialty physician staffing platforms in the country, according to a July 28 press release. The deal closed in…
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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While healthcare bankruptcy filings overall have leveled off in the first half of 2026, smaller practices and clinics drove the bankruptcies that were reported, according to a report published by Gibbins Advisors July 20. The firm’s Interim 2026 Healthcare Bankruptcy…
Fresno, Calif.-based Community Health System will partner with Sound Physicians for hospitalist services, effective Sept. 1, The Fresno Bee reported July 17. It is not immediately clear how many physicians will be affected by the change. A Community Health System…
Charlotte Eye Ear Nose & Throat Associates has acquired Piedmont Ear, Nose & Throat Associates, a Winston-Salem-based ENT group with five locations across the Triad region of North Carolina, The Charlotte Observer reported July 1. The acquisition expands CEENTA’s footprint…
At least thirty physician practices and ambulatory surgery centers have shuttered or announced closures in the first half of 2026, a pace that reflects mounting pressure on independent practices. Insurance reimbursement that no longer covers the cost of care, staffing…
Rapid City, S.D.-based Monument Health will lease the Gillette, Wyo., clinic and equipment formerly operated by Hoskinson Health & Wellness Clinic, the health system announced July 1 in a news release shared with Becker’s. Monument Health will run the space…