When it comes to billing, all medical degrees are not created equal. A recent survey from Dallas-based healthcare staffing firm AMN Healthcare found that physicians bill between $11.7 million and $1.3 million annually, with some non-physicians billing more than their doctor colleagues. The report estimates that physicians originate 80 percent of all healthcare dollars spent in the system. As healthcare costs rise, numerous forces are at work to curb prices, but shifts toward value-based care, bundled prices, and transparency haven’t stopped unsustainable increases in healthcare prices over the past decades. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services found that spending…
Author: Abhay Panchal
Bain & Company’s 12th annual Global Healthcare Private Equity and M&A report reflects the continued resilience of the healthcare industry, with 2022 seeing near-record levels of healthcare dealmaking, in terms of both volume and value. Despite a slowdown caused by macro-economic and geopolitical forces in the second half of the year, 2022 was still the second-best year on record for healthcare dealmaking, due in large part to the white-hot pace of investment at the start of the year. Total disclosed deal value reached nearly $90 billion, down from $151 billion in 2021 but still more than $10 billion more than…
Allicent Curry, MSN, FNP-C used to love her job as a nurse practitioner in the emergency department – until the Covid-19 pandemic hit. Little by little the joy faded, with only her teammates keeping up her resolve. “Then as the sickness began to dissipate, the rate of hateful angry patients picked up,” she said.Curry is among the wave of clinicians who are continuing to change jobs at a rapid pace. After her six years in the ER, she became a family nurse practitioner last December for better compensation and stable hours. “I’ve never been happier and am actually finding my…
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