Democrats are sounding alarms over CMS’s 2026 pilot that will let AI companies decide prior authorizations for Medicare. Lawmakers worry…
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A new Medical Economics piece highlights how Management Services Organizations (MSOs) are becoming a powerful growth strategy for physician groups.…
The surge in GLP-1 prescriptions is transforming obesity and liver disease care but raising new challenges for gastroenterology. Physicians weigh…
At the 2025 FOOD the Main Course conference in Ann Arbor, experts including Dr. William Chey, Kate Scarlata, and Amanda…
Coaching, widely used in business and sports, is gaining traction in medical education as a way to help trainees reach…
Dr. Michael Dragutsky, a Memphis gastroenterologist and founder of Gastro One, warns that falling Medicare physician payments—down over 30% after…
Optum subsidiary SCA Health, one of the largest ASC operators in the U.S., has expanded its reach with the acquisition…
Optum’s SCA Health has acquired U.S. Digestive Health (250+ providers, 40 practice sites, 24 ASCs in PA and DE), strengthening…
A new Kaufman Hall report finds physicians are logging record productivity (12% YoY increase in work RVUs) while support staff…
Nearly every physician, even in “low-risk” specialties, faces the possibility of a malpractice claim at some point in their career.…