Physician practices are increasingly closing amid financial hardships and market challenges.
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An investigation by ABC News 10 San Diego revealed that a surgery center near San Diego employed a nurse who was later found guilty in connection with the death of a former patient, the outlet reported Oct. 28.
Nurse practitioner was named the most recruited medical position in 2024, and those providers earn an average of $164,000 a year across all practice settings, according to AMN Healthcare's 2024 "Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting Incentives" report.
Several key health systems with a large presence in the outpatient care setting have partnered with Big Tech companies, including Amazon, Google and Microsoft, to enhance artificial intelligence and clinical documentation initiatives in the last month.
Over the last six months, an investigative team with CBS News Texas has been conducting interviews with over a dozen Medicare recipients whose accounts were used to commit fraud.
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A Tennessee pain clinic owner was convicted of billing federal healthcare programs approximately $35 million for unnecessary medical injections.
Linh Nguyen, MD, a physician in Peoria, Ariz., was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for healthcare fraud.
A Royal Oak, Mich., physician was charged or his role in a multimillion-dollar scheme to sell prescription cancer drugs.
Female physicians earn an average of $309,000 in 2024, falling short of the $400,000 earned by male physicians, according to Medscape's "A Gender Gap That Defies Explanation: Medscape Female Physician Compensation Report 2024," published Oct. 25.
A lawsuit against a Bon Secours Surgery Center in Suffolk, Va., ended in a settlement on Oct. 24, according to an Oct. 24 report from WAVY Norfolk.