Rhode Island was ranked as the top state for healthcare in 2024, earning a score of 100 from MoneyGeek.

HHS is expected to issue a final rule amending aspects of HIPAA later this year, and Bellinger Moody, chief compliance officer of Coronis Health, laid out the key aspects to know in a Sept. 4 blog post.

Physician-owned hospitals have garnered growing attention as rural healthcare access faces worsening shortages and critical gaps in services.

CommonSpirit Vascular Surgery Penrose, a clinic located inside Penrose Hospital in Colorado Springs, Colo., was forced to close after an "abrupt departure of all medical providers," The Denver Gazette reported Sept. 18. 

Medical education debt is growing, and some physician leaders feel physician pay isn't growing fast enough to account for rising debt paired with rising practice costs.

The New Jersey Board of Medical Examiners has revoked the license of a Cedar Grove, N.J.-based physician who is accused of traveling to dozens of offices to perform invasive aesthetic procedures with inadequate training.

A new medical office building at the Sentara Albemarle Regional Health Campus in Elizabeth City, N.C., is only 45% occupied by medical practices, according to a Sept. 17 report from the Daily Advance.

Here are two recent certificate-of-need applications that were first denied and later awarded on appeal:

International medical graduates who come to the U.S. for residencies primarily do so via J-1 visas. Physicians who enter the U.S. on a J-1 visa must return to their home country for two years before applying for H-1B visa status or permanent residency. 

Siouxland Surgery Center, doing business as Dakota Dunes, S.D.-based Dunes Surgical Hospital, United Surgical Partners International and USP Siouxland, agreed to pay about $12.76 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations.

Over half of physicians are concerned about ethical dilemmas when it comes to implementing artificial intelligence in the medical field, according to Medscape's 2024 "Hot Topics in the Medical Profession Report," published Sept. 18. 

Beaufort Memorial Hospital's yearslong effort to open a $45 million health facility in Bluffton, S.C., has ended, according to a Sept. 17 report from The Post and Courier.

Boston area clinics are seeing a surge in patient volume after financially troubled Steward Health Care closed its Dorchester, Mass.-based Carney Hospital, WCVB 5 reported Sept. 13. 

Saginaw Township, Mich.-based Women's OB-GYN will permanently close after 74 years, according to a letter posted on the practice's website. 

Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai has terminated a physician's staff membership and clinical privileges following allegations regarding misconduct towards patients, the health system confirmed to Becker's.

A district court has ruled that a false claims lawsuit filed against Thomas Health System cannot be resolved without parties' briefs on the U.S. Supreme Court's recent overturning of the Chevron deference, according to court documents obtained by Becker's. 

Here are five statistics showing signs of positive change for physicians:

According to the American Medical Association, the U.S. could see a shortage of up to 124,000 physicians by 2034. 

A former Charleston, W.Va., physician pleaded guilty to the unlawful distribution of oxycodone after being apprehended overseas and extradited to the U.S.

Here are three updates on reimbursement issues and how they're impacting ASCs: