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Archived Becker's Physician Leadership E-Newsletters

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

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