AI may assist clinicians, but replacing them creates a liability gap. Malpractice caps protect physicians, not algorithms, and the risk exposure is unlimited.
Fraud on Fridays: Operation Never Say Die
Healthy patients recruited at grocery stores, cash in envelopes, and a fraud ring that didn’t stop even when its ringleader was already sitting in a federal prison.
The FTC Just Told You Exactly What It’s Looking For. Is Your Noncompete on the List?
The FTC has abandoned a blanket ban on noncompetes, but is aggressively enforcing them in healthcare. What physician groups and physicians need to know now.
Fraud on Fridays: Trash, Junk and 12.5 Years
A Texas fraudster ran a wholesale market in fake doctors’ orders, pressured elderly Medicare patients with an offshore call center, then fled before sentencing. The U.S. Marshals had thoughts about that.
AI Isn’t Going to Replace Your Radiologists. It’s Going to Reprice Them.
AI won’t replace radiologists, but it will change throughput, FTE math, and leverage in hospital contracts. Groups that ignore this will lose negotiating ground.
Fraud on Fridays: Bonnie and Clyde, M.D.
A husband-and-wife team, expired injections, and 15 years of fraud. This Bonnie and Clyde didn’t rob banks, they robbed their patients.
The Anesthesia Workforce Shortage Is Your Group’s Negotiating Leverage (If You Know How to Use It)
Nearly 30% of anesthesiologists are projected to leave practice by 2033, creating a workforce shortage hospitals can’t ignore. Mark explores how anesthesia groups can turn that reality into real negotiating leverage — before the window closes.
Fraud on Fridays: It’s What Was in the Goody Bag
Opioids, unnecessary prescriptions, unlicensed interns, and a Goody Bag no patient actually wanted.
The Problem With Hospital–Physician “Alignment”
Hospitals talk about “alignment,” but when leadership changes or incentives shift, the relationship often looks very different.
Fraud on Fridays: Fraudulent Visas, Kickbacks, and $32 Million in Medicaid Billing
Visa fraud, kickbacks, and Medicaid billing under someone else’s name.