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In a Gastroenterology & Endoscopy News report, Monica J. Smith, discusses physician burnout, the challenges to combating burnout and some ways for physicians to mitigate burnout.

Most physicians expect less than 10 percent of their 2013 revenue to come through non fee-for-service contracts, according to the 2013 Fee Schedule Survey Data released by Physicians Practice.

  Bear Valley Community Healthcare District in Big Bear Lake, Calif., announced that Thomas Liu, MD, has started a private clinic at the BVCHD Physical Therapy Center and will perform selective surgeries at Bear Valley Community Hospital.

  Lehigh Valley Health Network-Tilghman will open in Allentown, Pa., and it will include an inpatient orthopedic center, outpatient orthopedic surgical center and an express urgent care facility, according to a Lehigh Valley Business report.

Patients are experiencing longer wait times before seeing physicians, including specialists, with the longest waits in Boston, according to a new report from Merritt Hawkins.

A new study published in The Spine Journal examined the outcomes for posterior cervical foraminotomy with and without microdiscectomy.

Penalties are often a focus of CMS' Hospital Value-Based Purchasing program, but which hospitals have fared the best in the program?

Some physician specialties report being happier at their job compared to other specialties, according to new data from Medscape's 2014 Physician Lifestyle Report.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act includes three main components meant to expand access to health insurance coverage: Medicaid expansion, the creation of health insurance marketplaces and market reforms such as the prohibition of lifetime limits on essential health…

Some of the largest, most financially stable health systems in the country share a business line — operating a health plan — but it is far from an easy task.