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Archived Becker's Physician Leadership E-Newsletters 

October 22, 2021

• Physician-owned practice pays $1.25M to settle billing allegations | How physician ownership is changing in 2021 | HCA moves to toss antitrust lawsuit | Compensation trends physicians are seeing | CEO, CNO resign from CHS hospital in Ariz.

October 20, 2021

• Congress urged to halt 9%+ physician pay cut | Healthcare may see a 'Great Retirement,' too | NM hospital physicians demand new CEO | HCA wants antitrust suit tossed | 11 fastest-growing healthcare jobs over next decade

October 15, 2021

• Fired health system exec pleads guilty to wire fraud, tax evasion | Stark law clarifies profit allocation for group practices | Unvaccinated healthcare workers demand jobs back in Texas | Agency staffing hospital amid strike is unlicensed: NY AG

October 13, 2021

• UPMC, physician group defend surgery, billing practices | 1 in 5 physicians has considered quitting | Anesthesiologists want UnitedHealth investigated | Hospitals still face COVID surges in 3 states | Kaiser workers authorize strike

October 8, 2021

• Physician sues clinic for alleged antitrust, monopolistic behavior | Is AI replacing physicians? | Physicians urge WH to scale back booster plan | Why physician leaders should ask big questions

October 6, 2021

• Physician unqualified to perform surgery allegedly caused patient death | Physician pay up in 8 specialties | Kaiser suspends 2,200 staff | Staff file restraining order against Ill. clinic's vaccine mandate | NY suspends prior authorizations

October 1, 2021

• Physician pleads guilty to tax fraud, illegal distribution of opioids | Top-paying physician specialties in last 5 years | Texas physician 'gold card': Why some object | Physician threatened for refusing to give ivermectin, hydroxychloroquine

September 24, 2021

• Mich. physician convicted in $100M scheme | The lesser-known effect of surgery delays | Physician who gave out expiring vaccines sues county for $1M | Pfizer boosters for healthcare workers | New 'medical freedom' physician group fuels misinformation

September 22, 2021

• Physician tied to misinformation loses license | 10% physician pay cut by CMS looms large | COVID-19 surge's cost in 5 numbers | FDA: 2 COVID-19 lab tests might give false positives | 20 top hospitals for cost efficiency

September 17, 2021

• America's wealthiest physician: 9 notes | Hospital asks unvaccinated employees to prove religious exemption | Physician pays $6.75M, settles unneeded procedures charges | Physician net worth in US vs. other countries

September 15, 2021

• Physicians linked to misinformation still licensed despite boards' warnings | Stark regs tightened on physician group pay for ancillaries | Henry Ford closes 120 beds due to staffing shortage | $17B coming for physician groups with COVID-19 revenue losses

September 10, 2021

• Why a physician refuses to treat the unvaccinated in person | Biden's new plan to combat delta | 9 health systems delayed nonemergent surgeries in the past week | 2 federal cases involving orthopedists | Ransomware wipes out Ariz. clinic's EHR

September 8, 2021

• QAnon followers target Chicago hospital over ivermectin | 700-physician practice invests in 2nd medical group | 2 physicians killed in plane crash | Travel nurses quit Calif. hospital after 1 day over EHR

September 3, 2021

• 842 U of Ill.-Chicago physicians unionize | Neurosurgeon's bill allows some physicians to bypass prior authorization | 24-clinic Fla. practice files for bankruptcy | South Africa identifies new COVID-19 variant

September 1, 2021

• Physicians prescribing ivermectin despite FDA warning | Viewpoint: We need to get real about the pandemic endgame | $7M awarded to pain center patient's family after alleged script denial | Hospital workers charged with buying fake vaccine cards

August 27, 2021

• NY physicians indicted in $31M trip-and-fall scheme | How US physician pay compares to other countries | Physician group to end allegedly illegal noncompete contracts | Physicians see more critically ill pregnant women | Neb. hospitals to limit electives

August 25, 2021

• Physician terminated by hospital after charging for mask opt-outs | 12K patients' info exposed in 45-minute hack of physician group | Stark proposal brings more pay arrangements under scrutiny | Eye center sued for $815K over alleged billing fraud

August 20, 2021

• Physician indicted in $26M kickback scheme | 100+ stats on physician pay | Bankrupt NJ health plan says it can't pay out medical claims | Surgeons to CMS: 'Concentrate on real patient safety issues' | Why vaccine passports give this physician déjà vu

August 18, 2021

• Surgeon sues Sutter Health, alleges racial discrimination | Payers shift strategy to keep physicians independent | Calif. surgeon cleared in $500M fraud case | Judge orders CVS to fill pain physician's prescriptions

August 13, 2021

• Don't let the term 'elective' fool you: physicians | Physicians ask Mass. governor to end nurses' strike | 6 physicians' best career decisions | Tampa General, USF Health to form new physician group | No. of physician search assignments by setting

August 11, 2021

• Physician signing bonuses reach $240K | GI sues hospital, alleges wrongful termination | 12 most-recruited specialties | Physicians posting misinformation are a minority of Doximity's users: CEO | 3 states record highest caseloads of pandemic

August 6, 2021

• Physician gets 6.5 years in prison for billing scam | 1000s of physicians joined the 3 biggest ASC co's in 2021 | Hospitals, health systems mandating staff vaccines | Physician's worst online behavior | WH notes 'significant' rise in vaccinations

August 4, 2021

• Baylor Scott & White demands physician stop using its name | Physician sues Mississippi hospital over pay issues | 7 ways this COVID-19 surge is different | Most common bad physician behaviors | ASC sues to block hospital's 'anticompetitive' acquisition

July 30, 2021

• Physician surrenders license after guilty kickback plea | Big corps may be eyeing your system's top physician | 'War has changed' against COVID-19: CDC | Physician vaccine misinformers could lose license | CMS may redefine 'physician-owned distributor'

July 28, 2021

• Physician lives at hospital to be always available | No. 1 hospital in each state | Elective surgeries delayed at Fla., La. hospitals | Worst investments, decisions for 7 physicians | OHSU cuts med school class size | COVID-19 surge to peak in mid-October

July 23, 2021

• 10% physician pay cut looms; AMA urges action | $3.5M kickback scheme allegedly involved 3 physicians | 10 numbers showing hospitals' recovery | Fla. physician-owned hospital approved | USPI adds 1,100 physicians in 2021

July 21, 2021

• Why physicians left HCA hospital | Physician pays $2M to resolve allegations of selling practice above FMV | CMS aims to reinstate the inpatient only list | 31 physician practices, clinics closed |  US renews COVID-19 emergency declaration

July 16, 2021

• 12 physicians leave HCA-acquired hospital | Physician shortage could hit 124K by 2034 | Surgeons balk at CMS' proposed pay cut | Top 15 nonmedical side gigs for physicians | Duke physicians 1st in US to implant new artificial heart

July 14, 2021

• CMS may cut physician pay | What ending noncompetes means for physicians | Biden to nominate 1st physician as US drug czar | 15 best, worst states for business | CMS pitches Open Payments updates | Systems sue da Vinci robot maker over alleged monopoly

July 9, 2021

• Biden to crack down on noncompetes | NY physician gets 17 years in prison for kickback scheme | 15 best + worst states for retirement | Surgeon's $9M win against Texas ASC overturned

July 7, 2021

• Physicians go unpaid at NH system | Scrutiny intensifies on illegal referrals | Dollar General: Rural America's new health hub? | Highest-earning physician specialties | Gastro Health partners with 17 GIs who left hospital

July 2, 2021

• Physician in legal battle with Adena joins competing system | 70% of physicians now employed by hospitals, corporations | Physician accused of vaccine theft won't be indicted | 14% of physicians sought new employment due to COVID

June 30, 2021

• Physician fired after antisemitic social media posts | Which physician groups will have power in the future? | 3 insurers accused of running 'ghost networks' in Calif. | Physician to pay $15M in fraud case | Doximity IPO includes 10,000 physicians

June 25, 2021

• Texas physician gets 7 years in prison | Physicians' objections to system execs grows with 'no confidence' votes | What are the most 'in demand' specialities? | SC denies Medtronic attempt to reverse physician's $112M royalties win

June 23, 2021

• Why 150+ physicians exited hospital contracts | Mayo physician fired after penning book with confidential info. | 9 hospitals that mark up bills by 10+x | PE + VC: 10 observations | Delta variant likely to become dominant in US within weeks

June 18, 2021

• Physician stabbed by patient sues hospital | Illinois' largest physician group expands into Indiana | Calif. anesthesia group files for bankruptcy | Supreme Court upholds ACA | Surgeon permanently banned from practicing in NJ

June 16, 2021

• Surgeon sues IU Health to break 'monopoly' on physicians | The bad investments physicians made last year | 10 best children's hospitals: US News | BCBSIL terminated contract without warning, physician group says | Primary care group makes $600M purchase

June 11, 2021

• US physician shortage could hit 124,000 in 13 years | 3rd physician, FDA panel member to resign over Alzheimer's drug approval | New reasons insurers are denying payment | Best states for physicians to practice over the past 5 years

June 9, 2021

• Profit sharing, bonuses for physicians: 7 Stark Law updates | UnitedHealthcare may not cover ER care it deems nonemergent | 10 physician income stats | Houston Methodist's vaccine mandate: Results are in

June 4, 2021

• Top 10 ways physicians earn secondary income | Surgeon accuses 2 device co's of patent infringement | AMA joins opposition to 'physician associate' rebrand | 6 providers on Fortune 500 list | 13 women making moves in healthcare leadership

June 2, 2021

• 117 Houston Methodist employees sue over vaccine mandate | Physician group halts cases for 30 days after staff resignations | PA title change opposed by AOA | 10 states with the highest tax burden | Biden's $6T budget: 7 healthcare details

May 26, 2021

• Microsoft 'not looking to compete with doctors,' exec says | Surgeon gets 15 months in prison for taking kickbacks | Top states for physicians | Children's Colorado 'overrun with kids attempting suicide' | 10 most, least racially inclusive hospitals

May 21, 2021

• Stop calling everything 'burnout' | Tech company buys 700-physician network | Cardiologist sentenced for 10-year healthcare scheme | Physician owed $1 for lost hospital privileges | Surgeon lands inaugural leadership role at Kettering Health

May 19, 2021

• Calif. clinic chain abruptly closes | Medical schools overestimate primary care graduate volume | CDC reshuffles COVID-19 response | Physicians, CaroMont resolve noncompete clause dispute | Why a large American city has a hospital desert

May 14, 2021

• Texas hospitals to pay $20.9M for alleged kickbacks to physician groups | The 8 greatest healthcare leaders in 2021 | 9 physicians on the evolution of the chief wellness officer | Is the term 'patient' outdated? Why this physician thinks so

May 12, 2021

• Physicians to exit Tower Health amid shakeup | Dartmouth accuses 17 med students of online cheating | Physicians see fewer recruiting offers | Jefferson stops linking physician bonuses, patient fundraising referrals | 200 Pa. physicians unite

May 7, 2021

• Physician-owned hospital accuses Ex-CFO, COO of stealing millions | How CMS ranked US News' 20 Honor Roll hospitals | Surgical group, hospital pays $10M for alleged improper billing | Why ORs are getting a makeover

May 5, 2021

• Why are physicians leaving this NC hospital? | Surgeon to pay $4.4M to resolve kickback allegations | Kaiser to lay off 200 employees | When hospitals buy physician groups, Medicare spending increases

April 30, 2021

• 3 surgeons sued for alleged breach of contract | Petition urges reinstatement of physician terminated after contract impasse | 455 hospitals with 5 stars from CMS | $2B Mass General expansion faces backlash

April 28, 2021

• Ohio physician charged with assault after dispute with colleague | Top 100 hospitals: Fortune/IBM Watson | Employers, fed up with insurers, turn to ASCs | 5 specialties earning highest bonuses | How UnitedHealth aims to make Optum a $100B business

April 23, 2021

• OptumCare is changing physician pay | CDC reassigns head of COVID vaccine task force | Biden's CMS pick on hold after billions in Texas Medicaid funding revoked | Male physicians see 30% larger paychecks than female colleagues

April 21, 2021

• Cigna accuses physician practice of price gouging | Why Walmart's 1st health clinic med director left for private practice | $33M flagship opened by 25-physician group | 10 states with the most employed physicians | Physician among 2 dead in Tesla crash

April 16, 2021

• 2% CMS physician pay cut delayed to 2022 | 29 physician specialties ranked by annual compensation | NY BCBS policy change drives surgery to ASCs | 5,800 COVID infections detected among 77M fully vaccinated people

April 14, 2021

• Physician collects $26M in wrongful termination suit | 9 best health systems to work for: Fortune | Hospital sues physicians attempting to exit contracts | 1 dead in shooting at Ohio hospital | Hospitals aren't rushing to buy ASCs

April 9, 2021

• Mass. General president to step down after 18 years | Physician allegedly pocketed nearly $300K in COVID relief | Mich. hospitals postpone elective surgeries | July 1 too soon for new prior authorization rules, surgeons tell CMS

April 7, 2021

• 9 physician billionaires in the US | Wis. hospital replaces anesthesiologists with CRNAs | 14 top-paying states for physicians | Physician files for bankruptcy, alleges employee stole $100K+ | Midwest may be on verge of 4th COVID-19 wave

April 2, 2021

• Wis. physician pleads guilty to $26M fraud | Physician group under investigation tries to claw back emails | Cardiology group sues SSM Health for $50M over lost hospital privileges | Anesthesia group claims UnitedHealthcare shut them out of Optum ASCs

March 31, 2021

• Feds eye $147M paid to clinic owner for uninsured COVID-19 treatment | Best Medical Schools 2022 | Physician sues hospital, alleges wrongful termination | Ochsner to buy 33-physician group | Young, unvaccinated adults fuel Mich. COVID-19 surge

March 26, 2021

• USC to pay $1.1B for physician scandal | Lead JAMA editor on leave after controversial podcast | 6 big ideas in healthcare innovation | Mass General Brigham shakes up leadership | What's happening with CMS' 2% pay cut

March 24, 2021

• Calif. medical group to close, lay off 151 | Physician gets jail time for placing explosives at hospital | Physician pays $188K to scammers posing as DOJ | 10 best, worst states to practice medicine | Hospital execs, physicians sentenced in $200M scheme

March 17, 2021

• Instagram photos in OR prompt investigation at Spectrum | Physician sues medical group, alleges illegal payment for referrals | Amazon expanding telemedicine nationally | COVID-19 hot spots threaten to reemerge in Midwest, Northeast

March 10, 2021

• Surgeon defends taking Zoom call from OR | 5 top states for healthcare: US News | The biggest threat to physician ownership | CMS revises MSSP timeline | Optum has 5.4% of US physicians: 5 notes | NY surgeon to pay $783K to resolve billing fraud case

March 3, 2021

• Optum to buy 715-physician group | 2 shot at Texas medical office | Surgeon investigated for attending Zoom traffic trial from OR | Texas, Miss. to lift COVID-19 restrictions | Physician gets 5 years in prison | Payers pushing procedures to ASCs

February 24, 2021

• Pa. physician stabbed on the job | NY physician charged in patient death | J&J's vaccine is safe, FDA says | 45 physician practice sales in January | Thousands of physicians can't get into residency programs

February 17, 2021

• Kindred cuts CMO role | Iowa hospital: Surgeon's libel suit poses a public welfare threat | Amazon in healthcare: 7 notes | Cleveland Clinic taps 2 physicians for international roles | Practice to close after hospital drops service agreement

February 10, 2021

• Healthgrades' 50 top hospitals | 1 dead, 4 injured in Minn. clinic shooting | 16 physicians exit NC health system | 20 healthiest, unhealthiest US cities | COVID-19 deaths down in every region | HCA names new CMO for North Florida division

February 3, 2021

• Physician charged with unprofessional conduct after patient dies | Kaiser would need 4 years to vaccinate Calif. patients at current supply rate | 5 best paying cities, states for physicians | 1M vaccines headed to retail pharmacies

January 27, 2021

• 2 dead after hostage standoff at Texas medical office | Humana to open 100+ Medicare clinics | Physician shortage forces Ariz. hospital to close ICU | Vaccine theft charge against physician dismissed | 10 areas with highest physician pay growth

January 20, 2021

• Physician purposely exposed patients to COVID-19, RI finds | Houston hospital lockout forces physicians to treat patients in parking lot | 14 highest-paid healthcare jobs | SC surgeon, hospital spar over planned ASCs | Biden to issue mask mandate today

January 13, 2021

• Optum in talks to acquire 715-physician group | Cities with biggest physician pay growth | Ohio uncovers new COVID-19 variant | Mont. physician gets prison time for drug kickback scheme | Glassdoor: 5 best hospitals to work for in '21

January 6, 2021

• LA paramedics told not to transport certain patients | Independent physicians, ASCs left out of COVID-19 vaccine plans | Cleveland Clinic names head of pediatric cardiology | Physicians report social media harassment

December 30, 2020

• Skip line for vaccine and lose your license, governors warn healthcare providers | Physicians link severe psychotic symptoms to COVID-19 | Independent medical groups grew profit per provider before pandemic | The 25 top paying states for physicians

December 23, 2020

• Pa. physician sentenced for involuntary manslaughter | NY hospital paid $1.5M severance to CMO forced out over disclosure failures | 10 specialties with the largest salary growth | Hospitals grow tense over who gets vaccinated, how it's decided

December 16, 2020

• Physician compensation hits $360,104 | Is it time to update physician pay, productivity surveys? | Mass. physician indicted in $10.6M billing fraud case | Leapfrog's 'F' and 'straight-A' hospitals | How hospitals decide who gets 1st COVID-19 vaccinations

December 9, 2020

• 'A physician's nightmare': NM hospitals on brink of rationing care | 110+ hospitals postponing elective surgery | Physicians skeptical of arthritis drug as COVID-19 treatment | Leapfrog names 2020 Top Hospitals | Limits eased on POHs

December 2, 2020

• CMS finalizes 2021 physician payment | 3 healthcare actions Biden plans to take in 1st 100 days | UC Health taps physician as CMO, interim COO | Michigan hospitals, restaurants square off | Top-paying jobs in all 50 states

November 25, 2020

• At-capacity Colo. hospitals can now deny patients | US has shortage of critical care physicians to operate ventilators | Physician practice sales in 2020: 5 insights | Clinical leadership during a crisis: 8 Qs with Northwell's Dr. Annabella Salvador-Kelly

November 18, 2020

• Physician urges Beaumont to oust top execs | Oncologist's sudden absence gets Mont. health system sued | Detroit Medical Center names CMO of adult central campus hospitals | NY physician pays $15K to settle alleged HIPAA violation

November 11, 2020

• Meet the 9 physicians on Biden's COVID-19 advisory board | Kaiser names new CMO | Conn. physician charged for 'super COVID tests' | NJ physician charged in $24.6M billing fraud scheme | 10 specialties with the lowest salaries in 2020

November 4, 2020

• 10 highest-paying cities for physicians | ER physicians accuse UnitedHealth of illegally underpaying claims | 5 things we know about the 2020 presidential election | Tenn. physicians pay $341K+ to settle allegations of overbilling

October 28, 2020

• Cardiology leader at Ohio hospital dies of COVID-19 complications | Physician practice revenues, visits still down, AMA finds | Texas center asks court to vacate $8M award to physician | Retired physicians call on Wash. hospital to split from system

October 21, 2020

• Roper St. Francis names 1st physician CEO | Surgeon sues Cincinnati Children's, alleges retaliation for reporting peer's practices | Early retirement on the table for 25% of physicians: 'Medscape' survey | 7 physician-owned hospitals, ASCs in the news

October 14, 2020

• How physician ownership is changing in 2020 | Highmark: Physician reimbursement program saved $1B+ | HCA physician dies of COVID-19 after wearing same mask for weeks | Google's 6 latest health-related job openings

October 7, 2020

• 4 Kansas hospital physicians resign amid concerns about CEO | 13 clinicians on President Trump's care team | Sale falls through for physician-owned hospital in Idaho | Study: Women physicians spend more time with patients, get paid less

September 30, 2020

• Ga. hospital pulls physicians, funding from joint venture | Physician group to join Intermountain Healthcare | Fired BayCare Health System cardiologist files wrongful termination suit | Dr. Conor Delaney named president of Cleveland Clinic Florida region

September 23, 2020

• ER physician contracts COVID-19, prompting 26 tests at Hawaii hospital | OIG: Physician coding errors led to millions in overpayments for stroke patients | Physician pay + the pandemic's effect: 50 stats | Mich. hospital sets up endowment for chief role