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This past week in healthcare investigations

In this episode of "Counsel That Cares," healthcare attorney Daniel Patten is joined by Chance Sherer, Managing Director at VMG Health...

In this episode of "Counsel That Cares," healthcare attorney Daniel Patten is joined by Ryan Langdale and Mike Brown from Chartis to discuss their report "Unlocking Value in Cancer Care."

Created 10 years ago by a private-equity firm, USAP is now one of the largest in the U.S., with more than 4,000 doctors and spanning nine states. As it gobbled up existing practices, substantial price hikes followed.

A STAT investigation found artificial intelligence is driving Medicare Advantage denials to new heights, cutting off care for seniors.

Amplifying Atlanta

Dr. Paul Jeffords and his colleagues at Atlanta-based Resurgens Orthopaedics were worried about their ability to survive financially, even though their independent orthopedic practice was the largest in Georgia, with

It means higher prices for patients, more unnecessary surgery, and less access to care for patients on Medicaid or those who are uninsured or underinsured.

Orthopedic surgeons, long seen as fiercely independent, are rapidly catching up with other specialist physicians in selling control of their practices to private equity investment firms.

While some doctors seem eager for a huge payoff, others are warily watching what happens when private equity firms take charge of orthopedic practices.