Nearly 100% of medical residents believe that the number of training hours required of them is either adequate or more than adequate, according to Medscape's 2024 "Residents Lifestyle & Happiness Report," published Oct. 18.
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Legacy Medical Group Wooburn (Ore.) Clinic will permanently close Dec. 31, The Lund Report said Oct. 15.
Two surgeons have filed a whistleblower complaint against Corvallis, Ore.-based Samaritan Health Services, according to an Oct. 15 item in The Lund Report .
In August, the FTC's ban on noncompete agreements was struck down by a Texas federal judge.
More than three-quarters of U.S. rural counties are designated health professional shortage areas, and rural Americans are less likely to have insurance coverage and more likely to longer to access healthcare.
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In 57% of the most serious malpractice cases, physicians reported receiving favorable outcomes due to dismissals or verdicts, according Medscape's "The Rising Price of Risk Management: Physicians and Malpractice Report 2024."
A Houston man has been convicted of Medicare fraud in a scheme to fraudulently bill for expensive topical creams after a 10-day trial.
As the ASC space continues to develop and respond to an increasing demand for healthcare services, these frontiers may present major opportunities for practice growth:
Surgeons at the University of California in San Diego have now performed more than 20 minimally invasive operations using Apple Vision Pro headsets, according to an Oct. 16 report from MacRumors.
Pasco, Wa.-based nonprofit the SIlent Majority Foundation is suing Washington State University, alleging that a professor's rights were violated after she spoke critically about the COVID-19 vaccine in a roundtable discussion, Tri-City Herald reported Oct. 16.