Oklahoma City topped Doximity’s list of highest-paying metro areas for physicians, while Durham-Chapel Hill, N.C., ranked lowest, according to the company’s 2026 Physician Compensation Report.

The Louisiana Supreme Court heard oral arguments Sept. 1 on whether to reinstate a $421 million fraud verdict against Blue Cross Blue Shield of Louisiana, Fox8 reported, reviving a yearslong legal ...

Summit, N.J.-based Atlantic Health Medical Center has broken ground on an expansion of its advanced surgery center.  The $70 million project will increase the number of operating rooms from 20 to 26, ...

Sanford Health’s acquisition of Robbinsdale, Minn.-based North Memorial Health is set to close Sept. 1, after the two systems signed a 10-year oversight agreement with the Minnesota Attorney General’s ...

Louisville, Ky.-based Heuser Health has agreed to pay $2.6 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by overbilling Medicare and Tricare for skin substitute products, the U.

Terry Bohlke has been named chief executive officer of Keystone Surgical Partners, a full-service manager of ASC, Mr. Bohlke announced on LinkedIn Sept 2. Keystone Surgical Partners develops new ASCs, ...

A Wake County family nurse practitioner is challenging a North Carolina law that requires her to contract with a physician before she can practice in the state. Jamie Gallagher filed suit Sept. 2 ...

Robotic-assisted surgery has moved past the novelty stage in orthopedics, and one of the field’s earliest adopters says the technology’s biggest wins are still ahead — both in what it can prove and in ...

UnitedHealthcare’s announcement that it will reduce prior authorization requirements by 30% across its commercial, Medicare Advantage and ACA marketplace plans has drawn cautiously positive responses ...

North Carolina, Tennessee, South Carolina, Nebraska and Delaware have all moved this cycle to scrap or loosen certificate-of-need laws — joining Montana and Georgia, which cleared similar reforms in ...

Primary care specialties drove physician demand in 2025, with three of the four most-recruited specialties in internal medicine, family medicine and pediatrics, according to Doximity’s 2026 Physician ...

New federal data shows the independent dispute resolution process created under the No Surprises Act is being used more than ever. Total federal IDR disputes rose from 653,445 in Q3 of 2025 to 719,118 ...