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The average annual salary for nurse practitioners in the U.S. is $131,543, according to career website ZipRecruiter.

Here are 10 cases of physicians suing their former employers that Becker's has covered in 2023:

Oral and maxillofacial surgeon John Alonge, DDS, has been awarded $3.2 million after he slipped and fell in an operating room at Erie, Pa.-based Saint Vincent Hospital. 

Walter Steigleman, MD, ophthalmologist and professor at Gainesville-based University of Florida, joined Becker's to discuss private practice versus employment in the current market. 

Here are four physicians and former physicians who are facing legal battles over unlawful opioid distribution that Becker's has reported on since Aug. 31:

Here are 20 leaders who have taken on or stepped down from CEO roles reported by Becker's since Sept. 7:

New York-based physician Arun Arora, MD, will pay $1.3 million to settle claims he violated the False Claims Act. 

The median yearly compensation increased by 10 percent or more in 11 physician specialties compared to last year, according to Sullivan Cotter's 2022-23 "Physician Compensation and Productivity" report. 

Here are three numbers leaving ASC leaders wary:

A Martin's Ferry, Ohio-based physician has been convicted of unlawfully distributing opioids.