Four Tennessee physicians were convicted of conspiracy to prescribe controlled substances and related fraud and money laundering offenses.
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Patients in Fulton, Mo., are facing a lack of adequate medical treatment in the wake of the closure of the area's Callaway County Community Hospital. The ambulance district is experiencing longer transport times and more minor calls since the early…
Physicians in Massachusetts, the best state to live in according to personal finance site WalletHub, make an average of $223,200 annually.
Physicians in New Mexico, the worst state to live in according to personal finance website WalletHub, make an average of $270,060 annually.
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Bellingham, Wash.-based osteopathic physician and surgeon Gregory Sharp, DO, has had his license suspended after allegations of improper management of pain medication, KGMI reported Aug. 11.
Daniel Castro, MD, will be sentenced in October for his role in a scheme to defraud benefit programs by performing medically unnecessary sinus surgeries, the Justice Department said Aug. 10.
Burnout rates and depression rates have been high for nurse practitioners since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Medscape's 2023 "Nurse Practitioner Burnout and Depression" report.
A resident physician at Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans, has been arrested following accusations that he hid a camera in the hospital's staff-only restroom to record staffers using the bathroom, according to an Aug. 3 report from nola.com.
Registered nurses are typically paid less than physician assistants and nurse practitioners, regardless of the state they practice in.