Seven hospitals and health systems have announced plans to lay off employees in the last 20 days amid financial issues and payer contract obstacles. 

Physicians are continuing to migrate to employed models as practice costs rise. 

As practice costs rise, many physician leaders are concerned about cuts in CMS reimbursements.

Nevada and California pay physician assistants the highest hourly wage, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. 

Former employees of Optum, parent company of ASC chain SCA Health, have reported on social media that the company is conducting layoffs.

A Sylvan Lake, Mich., physician will face charges in a state circuit court of committing a disability fraud scheme. 

Saum Sutaria, MD, CEO of Tenet Healthcare, is the highest-paid executive at the company.

Nashville-based HCA healthcare and Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare are parent companies of two of the largest ASC chains in the country. 

As physicians migrate to employed models, many are concerned that private practice physicians are losing their power.

Dallas-based Tenet, parent company of ASC giant United Surgical Partners International, paid their CEO Saum Sutaria 305 times more than the company's median employee in 2023. 

New York has the highest number of practicing surgeons, according to the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, from May 2023. 

The gender gap between male and female physicians sits at 29%, according to Medscape's 2024 "Physician Compensation Report," published April 12. 

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The highest-earning executives at Tenet Healthcare, parent company of ASC chain United Surgical Partners International, saw overall pay increases in 2023, according to a proxy statement filed April 12 with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Self-employed physicians outearn their employed counterparts on average, according to Medscape's 2024 "Physician Compensation Report" released April 12. 

More than 127,000 physicians moved to employment from 2019 to 2023, according to new data from consulting firm Avalere in a study sponsored by the Physicians Advocacy Institute.

The Feb. 21 cybersecurity attack on UnitedHealth Group's Change Healthcare is taking a huge toll on physician finances, according to a recent study from the American Medical Association. 

Most Gen Zers and millennials would prefer to retire in the South, according to a new survey from financial services company GoBankingRates. 

Kenneth Candido, MD, CEO and president of Chicago Anesthesia Associates, joined Becker's to discuss why private practice physicians don't have power in healthcare. 

Internal medicine physician Keith Dunleavy, MD, is the youngest physician billionaire who made Forbes' 38th World's Billionaires list, released April 2.