Washington D.C. has more physicians per capita than any state, according to the latest Association of American Medical Colleges State Physician Workforce Data Report, released last year. 

Physician networking website Doximity is taking steps to protect its millions of members from a spike in harassment and violence from patients by launching a free service that scrubs provider's personal contact information from the internet, according to a Nov. 1 report from CNBC.

While the jury is still out on the use of artificial intelligence in medicine, that has not stopped some physicians from taking advantage of its uses for tasks including recordkeeping, patient communications and clinical research, according to Medscape's 2023 "Physicians and AI Report," published Oct. 30. 

Around 65% of U.S. physicians are at least somewhat concerned about artificial intelligence driving patient diagnostic and treatment decisions, according to Medscape's 2023 "Physicians and AI Report," published Oct. 30. 

Artificial intelligence is shaping every industry in the world, and the healthcare industry is no exception. From changing colonoscopy polyp detection to providing relief for practice administrators, this new era of AI is making an impact on ASCs. 

Here are four states that have updated or proposed updates to their certificate-of-need laws in 2023:

Employers are budgeting smaller raises and salary increases on average in 2024, according to early predictions from economists. Online job aggregators including ZipRecruiter, Indeed and Glassdoor are also forecasting a slowdown in posted wage growth, according to an Oct. 30 report from CNBC.

Tampa, Fla.-based pain management physician Edward Lubin, MD, has agreed to pay $1.5 million to resolve allegations he submitted medically unnecessary claims for fentanyl prescriptions in exchange for kickback payments. 

Radio frequency identification (RFID) has been used in orthopedic surgery for almost a decade to remotely track tagged devices and instruments via cloud-based software that can monitor location, models and configurations, expiration dates and other variables, with potentially significant advantages to patients and institutional operations. 

Here are four physicians facing drug charges reported by Becker's since Oct. 9:

A North Carolina business court has sided with Fayetteville, N.C.-based Cumberland County Hospital System in an ownership dispute with physician Michael Woodcock, MD, over Fayetteville ASC. 

Here are five physician fraud suits Becker's has covered since Oct. 27:

Alexander Padilla has been charged with practicing medicine without a license after allegedly performing a botched breast surgery at a Houston-based plastic surgery center, ABC affiliate KTRK reported Oct. 27. 

Failure to diagnose or delay a diagnosis for a patient is the most common reason physicians face malpractice allegations, according to Medscape's 2023 "Physicians and Malpractice Report," published Oct. 26. 

Physicians in Louisiana are more likely to face malpractice lawsuits than physicians in any other state, with 72% of Louisiana physicians being named as a sole or co-defendant at some point in their careers, according to Medscape's 2023 "Physicians and Malpractice Report," published Oct. 26. 

General surgeons are the most likely to face malpractice lawsuits during their careers, with 90% reporting being either a sole or co-defendant in a lawsuit, according to Medscape's 2023 "Physicians and Malpractice Report," published Oct. 26. 

Seventy-three ASCs owned by SCA Health, affiliate of Optum, are among the best in the U.S., according to Newsweek's "America's Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers" list, which ranks 550 of the more than 5,000 Medicare-certified ASCs in the country.

Amid growing discontent among physicians on noncompete agreements, which prohibit clinicians from joining a competing practice or setting up their own within a particular distance from their previous practice for a certain period of time, many states have amended their regulations.

Eighty-seven million patients in the U.S. had confidential health information breached in 2023, more than double that of last year, according to a report by Atlas VPN, an internet encryption company. 

The University of Kansas Health System's KU MedWest Medical Pavilion in Shawnee is the top ASC in the Midwestern U.S., according to Newsweek's "America's Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers" list, which ranks 550 of the more than 5,000 Medicare-certified ASCs in the country.