Independent practices have been in steady decline over the last two decades, as hospitals and health systems have grown in size and market influence and the cost of operations whittles away at ...

Dallas-based Steward Health Care filed a lawsuit July 15 in bankruptcy court against its former chairman and CEO, Ralph de la Torre, MD, alleging insider transactions and mismanagement drained its ...

Patients with Fontan circulatory failure face higher mortality risk while awaiting or after undergoing heart transplantation, if they have certain health complications, according to a multi-center ...

A federal district court in Ohio has refused to dismiss two whistleblower lawsuits accusing TriHealth of violating the Stark law, Anti‑Kickback Statute and False Claims Act, according to July 28 court ...

Introduction When I first started practicing gastroenterology, most of our endoscopy patients received 50 mg of meperidine and 2 mg of midazolam, and they did just fine. Not any more. More and more of ...

UnitedHealth Group and Amedisys reached a proposed final settlement with the U.S. Justice Department and attorneys general from Maryland, Illinois, New Jersey and New York to resolve an antitrust ...

Brentwood, Tenn.-based Surgery Partners is doubling down on independence following the decision not to proceed with Bain Capital’s proposed acquisition, according to the company’s second quarter ...

A federal jury in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania found Drexel University and Drexel University School of Medicine not liable in a lawsuit brought by Sharon Griswold, MD, an emergency medicine ...

A cardiologist in Lubbock, Texas, has agreed to pay $1.2 million to resolve allegations that he violated the Controlled Substances Act.  Juan Kurdi, MD, is an interventional cardiologist who co-owned ...

Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare has agreed to settle class action litigation related to a July 2023 data breach that affected more than 11 million patients, according to a July 31 report from ...

Physician pay can vary widely depending on specialty, and whether they work in an academic or non-academic setting, according to survey data from Marit Health, a salary transparency platform for ...