Howard Jackson, DPM, who practiced in East St. Louis, Ill., pleaded guilty to a $144,694 healthcare fraud scheme, the Justice Department said April 7.
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Bal Harbour, Fla.-based physician Drew Lieberman has forfeited his medical license after serving time for his role in a $60 million fraud scheme, the Miami Herald reported April 10.
Former Santa Rosa, Calif.-based pain management physician Thomas Keller has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for illegally prescribing Schedule II and IV controlled substances, the Justice Department said April 7.
Generation Z is the future of the U.S. workforce, and workers between the ages of 18 and 34 are looking for different opportunities in the workplace than their older counterparts, according to LinkedIn's "2023 Workplace Learning Report."
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has signed the Medical Malpractice Act into law, capping malpractice claims at $1 million for independent healthcare facilities, including ASCs, urgent care centers and free-standing emergency rooms, according to an April 7 report from…
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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, PhD, director-general of the World Health Organization, expects the organization to remove the designation of COVID-19 as an international public health emergency this year, according to Medscape.
Joseph Dorn, MD, is suing the Florida Department of Health after he was subjected to an undercover probe and was cleared of any wrongdoing, Tallahassee Democrat reported April 6.
A majority of actively practicing pediatricians, OB-GYNs and eight other specialties are women, according to the Association of American Medical College's "2022 Physician Specialty Data Report."
According to the "2022 Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting Incentives" provided by AMN Healthcare's physician recruiting firm Merritt Hawkins, non-invasive cardiology is the highest paying top recruited physician specialty.
In October, OB-GYN Associates of Iowa City & Coralville (Iowa) filed for bankruptcy following a malpractice judgment of $97.4 million. Now, a federal judge has blocked the clinic's efforts, according to an April 6 report from the Sioux City Journal.