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A New York man has been convicted for his role in a $52 million healthcare fraud scheme involving a Brooklyn clinic that illegally distributed Suboxone, paid cash kickbacks to patients and billed Medicare and Medicaid for services never provided, the Justice Department said in a May 27 news release. Tony Brown-Arkah owned American Medical Centers, […]

Physician Roy Schoenberg, MD, will become the new senior vice president of Amazon Health Services effective July 1. Dr. Schoenberg co-founded Amwell with his brother, Ido Schoenberg, building it into one of the largest telehealth platforms in the country before stepping down as president and co-CEO in 2024. Most recently, he founded Aileen, a health […]

Arlington, Va.-based Privia Health has entered New Jersey, its 25th state, through a partnership with Neurology Group of Bergen County, a practice with 25 adult and pediatric clinicians, according to a May 27 news release. The group will serve as the anchor practice for Privia Medical Group — New Jersey and is expected to be […]

For most ASC administrators, getting a major commercial payer to return a phone call about contract negotiations is a victory in itself. Getting two of the country’s largest insurers to sign off on a fundamentally different pricing structure altogether is something else entirely. That is what Zionsville, Ind.-based WellBridge Surgical Center has done. According to […]

Seventy-two percent of gastroenterologists say they qualify for an incentive bonus, according to Medscape’s “Gastroenterologist Compensation Report 2026,” published May 27. Medscape surveyed 5,916 physicians across more than 29 specialties from Sept. 5 to Dec. 17. Here’s the incentive bonus picture for gastroenterologists: Do gastroenterologists qualify for an incentive bonus? Here are the factors that […]

Health systems are entering the ASC space at a rapid pace, but many are arriving with the wrong playbook. According to Steve Hockert, Southlake, Texas-based ASC developer Solara, the cultural and structural assumptions that health systems carry into joint ventures don’t just slow deals down; they can quietly undermine the efficiency that makes surgery centers […]

From burn centers to labor and delivery units, hospitals and health systems across the country are pulling back on services, and in some cases, inpatient care entirely. At least six facilities have announced closures or conversions in the last months, a wave of cuts that reflects the mounting financial and operational pressures: 1. Bakersfield (Calif.) […]

Basheer Alismail has built partnerships the hard way and learned what breaks them. As president of Capital Surgical Solutions, he oversees MSO operations, from ASC development to physician practice management. Mr. Alismail joined Becker’s to discuss why transparency about a physician’s motivations is the first gate, why mid-career “alpha” physicians make the strongest partners, and […]

Many physicians are bound by noncompete agreements that can lock them out of entire regions, sometimes blocking access to dozens of hospitals at once. “Noncompetes and the way that they’re used serve as a blanket restrictive covenant for physicians when they sign a contract is really problematic,” Marcelo Hochman, MD, an independent physician and former […]

Gastroenterologists are among the highest-paid physicians in the country, pulling in an average of $530,000 in 2025, but a new Medscape survey suggests the paycheck doesn’t always match the pressure. Nearly half of gastroenterologists say they don’t feel fairly compensated for their demanding work, and nearly two-thirds believe most physicians in their specialty are underpaid. […]