Hospital admissions related to COVID-19 have risen for the fifth consecutive week — including by 14.3 percent in the past week — and deaths have risen by 10 percent, according to data from the CDC.
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A physician, pharmacist and pharmacy technician who are all based in Michigan were charged for their alleged roles in a more than $7 million fraud scheme.
Outpatient care centers is the second top-paying industry for surgeons, offering over $25,000 more than that mean annual wage.
More than 134,000 people enrolled or formerly enrolled in certain Massachusetts state programs had personal information, including medical details and financial data, compromised in a data breach involving a file transfer program used by Boston-based UMass Chan Medical School, according…
Since 2009, there have been 5,553 healthcare data breaches reported by organizations, according to an Aug. 16 report from VPN services company Surfshark.
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Physicians in West Virginia, the worst state for healthcare according to personal finance site WalletHub, make an average of $252,710 annually.
Physicians in Minnesota, the best state for healthcare according to personal finance site WalletHub, make an average of $305,150 annually.
HCA Healthcare and Asheville, N.C.-based Mission Hospital have settled a nonpayment suit after a physician sued both entities alleging breach of contract and nonpayment, the Citizen Times reported Aug. 15.
Noninvasive cardiology and neurology have seen a decrease in starting pay from 2021 to 2023, according to AMN Healthcare's "2023 Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting Incentives" report released July 24.
Psychiatry saw the biggest jump in starting salary from 2021 to 2023 of any specialty, according to AMN Healthcare's "2023 Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting Incentives" report released July 24.