For generations, the independent physician practice was a cornerstone of American medicine. Today, it is nearly extinct. Only 18% of physicians still practice in physician-owned settings as of January ...

Takeda Pharmaceuticals has agreed to pay nearly $13.7 million to resolve allegations that it paid illegal kickbacks to healthcare providers to induce prescriptions of its antidepressant Trintellix, ...

Spine surgery is rapidly evolving as minimally invasive procedures, robotics, motion-preserving implants and AI-driven technologies transform how complex spinal conditions are treated.  Across the ...

Sault Ste. Marie-based MyMichigan Medical Center Sault plans to expand its outpatient surgery department as part of a nearly $19 million renovation project at its downtown campus. The project includes ...

Fayetteville, N.C.-based Cumberland County Hospital System has filed a certificate-of-need application to relocate 11 operating rooms from Fayetteville Ambulatory Surgery Center to Cape Fear Valley ...

When Dare Meeks, MSN, RN, became chief nursing officer at SCA Health in 2019, she set out to build a culture wherein every nurse, technician and administrator feels not just allowed to speak up, but ...

Northwoods Surgery Center in Virginia, Minn., disclosed a data breach impacting its network, according to a May 8 report from Claim Depot.  An investigation determined that an unauthorized party ...

Cecil Borel III, MD, a professor emeritus at Duke Anesthesiology and pioneer in neurocritical care, has died at age 75.  At Duke, Dr. Borel established a neuroanesthesiology program and a ...

A Utah podiatrist and two nurses have been indicted on charges of submitting $29 million in fraudulent Medicare claims for medically unnecessary skin substitute services, the Justice Department said ...

Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente has proposed a single-story, 11,400-square-foot medical office building in Reno, Nev., according to a May 12 report from the Reno Gazette Journal. Kaiser ...

Michael Ralls, a CRNA at Great Plains Regional Medical Center in Elk City, Okla., was fired and charged with three counts of sexual battery after multiple employees and a high school intern accused ...

Minneapolis is the best-paying city for gastroenterologists with one to seven years of experience, according to Medscape’s salary explorer.  Here are the 10 best-paying cities for early-career ...