There is a stark split across specialties in how physician compensation is structured, according to recent data from the American Medical Association. Psychiatrists and pediatricians draw roughly two-thirds of their pay as salary, with little tied to how much they…
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While compensation rose roughly 3% across the board in 2025, an April 10 Medscape report found.a stark divide between the highest and lowest-paying specialties. The report, which surveyed 5,916 physicians across more than 29 specialties from Sept. 5 to Dec.…
Acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche launched the National Fraud Enforcement Division on April 7, consolidating the Justice Department’s fragmented fraud units into a single, centralized division with an aggressive mandate: protect more than $1 trillion in taxpayer-funded program spending…
A Southern California man who operated a network of medical clinics has been sentenced to 216 months in federal prison for running a drug trafficking ring that sold thousands of illegal oxycodone prescriptions for cash, the Justice Department said in…
A Buffalo, N.Y.-area radiologist who sued his former practice and its acquirer in 2025 is now facing a countersuit from eight former colleagues seeking at least $250,000 in damages, Buffalo Business First reported April 7. Gregory Ball, MD, filed a…
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A physician advocacy group is calling on CMS to include safeguards for small independent practices as the agency ramps up its fraud, waste and abuse enforcement efforts, according to an April 6 news release from the Physicians Advocacy Institute shared…
A Texas physician has been indicted on charges of operating a cash-only clinic in Houston to sell prescriptions for controlled substances, the Justice Department said in an April 2 news release. James Robles, MD, of Weslaco, Texas, allegedly conspired to…
Eight defendants, including three nurses, a chiropractor and a purported psychologist, have been arrested on federal charges alleging they schemed to defraud the healthcare system out of more than $50 million, the Justice Department said in an April 2 news…
Steubenville, Ohio-based Trinity Hospital has agreed to pay $1.7 million to resolve allegations of improper financial relationships with two referring physicians in violation of the Stark law, the Justice Department said in an April 2 news release. Between 2014 and…
An Atlanta-based urology practice and its physician owner have agreed to pay $14 million to resolve False Claims Act allegations of billing federal healthcare programs for medically unnecessary and unperformed procedures, the Justice Department said in an April 2 news…