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A new National Bureau of Economic Research analysis links hospital-physician consolidation to lower competition and higher ...

David Altchek, MD, co-chief emeritus of sports medicine and shoulder service at New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery, is remembered for the impact of his mentorship among HSS physicians ...

Fact checked by Jennifer Klump If you've been looking for a new primary care doctor, you may have noticed a growing number of physicians with the credential "DO" instead of the traditional "MD". DO ...

In eight years, the share of physicians working for hospitals nearly doubled due to hospital acquisitions of physician practices — and with it came rising prices, a recent study found. The study, ...

If approved, a new rule could end the entrenched pay advantages for specialists like surgeons over other doctors.