March-April 2023 • Vol. 2023 No. 3
Physicians see income
drop — what happens
next?
From skyrocketing inflation to CMS pay
cuts, physicians are facing compensation
declines affecting their practices and
livelihoods.
Private equity is driving
cases to ASCs — and
cardiology could be
primed for growth
Private equity's interest in ASCs and
physicians over the last decade has helped
spur a migration of procedures to the
outpatient setting, and cardiology could
be the next target.
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Senator argues for physician-
owned hospitals
Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., teamed with Brian Miller, MD, an
assistant professor of medicine at the Johns Hopkins University
School of Medicine, to pen a column for The Wall Street Journal
calling for an end to the ban on physician-owned hospitals.
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STORIES INSIDE
The ASC trend that defined 2022 p. 8
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IN THIS ISSUE:
CMS updates Stark
Law self-referral
rules: 4 things to
know
p. 10
Physician falls to
6th on list of best
healthcare jobs
p. 8
Optum to add LHC
Group in $5.4B
deal: 4 notes
p. 24
Which ASC chain
has the most surgery
centers?
p. 9
22 of the largest
orthopedic groups
in the US by number
of physicians
p. 17
