In the past five years, private equity (PE) firms, physician groups, and health insurers were responsible for 90% of physician practice acquisitions, while hospitals and health systems were responsible for just 6%, according to an American Hospital Association (AHA) analysis. Advisory Board’s Eliza Dailey and Sarah Hostetter outline what this means for shifting physician employment landscape — and those who work with doctors and medical groups.
Author: Abhay Panchal
In recent years, private equity firms have been gobbling up physician practices to form powerful medical groups across the country, according to a new report released Monday. In more than a quarter of local markets — in places like Tucson, Ariz.; Columbus, Ohio; and Providence, R.I. — a single private equity firm owned more than 30 percent of practices in a given specialty in 2021. In 13 percent of the markets, the firms owned groups employing more than half the local specialists.
The expanding therapeutic use of endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography, coupled with its technical demands and potential for adverse events, has spurred increased emphasis on adequate training and development of quality standards for ERCP procedures. Bret Petersen, MD, a consultant in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., presented 10 tips for high-quality ERCP at the New York Society for Gastroenterology and Endoscopy’s 2022 Annual New York Course. Noting that an update to the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy/American College of Gastroenterology quality indicators for ERCP is imminent (Gastrointest Endosc 2015;81[1]:54-66), Dr. Petersen focused on individual endoscopist-level…
Looking back on her career as a gastroenterologist, Mariam Naveed, MD, sees the gastroenterology fellowship program she created at AdventHealth in Orlando, Fla., as a pinnacle moment. Her first faculty position as assistant program director for the gastroenterology fellowship program at the University of Iowa offered some inspiration. “I loved teaching and working with trainees and knew I always wanted to remain in this realm,” Dr. Naveed said.
LAVAL, QC / ACCESSWIRE / July 11, 2023 / Bausch Health Companies Inc. (NYSE/TSX:BHC) and its gastroenterology business, Salix Pharmaceuticals, today announced the winners of its 2023 Salix Gastrointestinal Health Scholars Program. For the fourth consecutive year, Salix will be awarding $10,000 each to 10 students living with a GI disease. “At Salix, we understand it can be incredibly difficult to balance both the pursuit of higher education and the challenges associated with living with a gastrointestinal condition,” said Nicola Kayel, vice president, Marketing, Salix. “That is why Salix is dedicated to reducing the stress and financial burden for these…
Key takeaways: The FDA granted marketing authorization for a digital cognitive behavioral therapy intervention for adults with type 2 diabetes, according to an industry press release.
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Becker’s is thrilled to release the 2023 edition of its “Physician leaders to know” list. The physicians featured on this list are exemplary leaders with deep clinical knowledge and experience. Many of them have assumed executive roles at hospitals, health systems or healthcare companies during their careers, while simultaneously serving as community board members or members of national organizations. As physicians, these individuals also bring clinical expertise to their leadership roles, providing them with a thorough understanding of the inner workings of the healthcare system.
When a person has a low IgA level, the tissue transglutaminase immunoglobulin A antibody is no longer a useful screening test for celiac disease. So how should we be assessing patients with an IgA deficiency? To discuss these new recommendations, Dr. Peter Buch is joined by Dr. Claire Jansson-Knodell, Gastroenterologist at the Cleveland Clinic’s Digestive Disease Institute.
CHICAGO – The 2023 Digestive Health Foundation Gala raised $1.6 million to further its mission to fund vital medical research at the Northwestern Medicine Digestive Health Center aimed at improving the quality of life for individuals with digestive disease and their families.