Investors are keeping their eye on gastroenterology, cardiology and orthopedics, according to McDermott Health's "2023 Physician Practice Management" report.
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Former Baton Rouge, La.-based physician Randy Lamartiniere, MD, was sentenced to 180 months in prison for illegal controlled substance distribution, the Justice Department said April 4.
Here are 11 fraud suits involving physicians that Becker's reported on in March:
Seventy percent of ASCs were independent in 2022, but inflation has the potential to shrink this figure.
About one-third of physicians believe that medical schools and healthcare organizations should be held responsible for physician suicide, according to Medscape's 2023 "Physician Suicide Report," which surveyed over 9,100 practicing physicians.
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Otolaygngology is the physician specialty with the highest rate of physicians reporting suicidal thoughts in 2023, according to Medscape's "Medscape Physician Suicide Report," which surveyed 9,100 practicing physicians among more than 29 specialties.
Carroll County, Ga.-based family medicine physician Brent Harris, MD, has been sentenced to 12 months of probation after illegally accessing medical records, HIPAA Journal reported March 31.
Sage Transparency, a healthcare transparencydatabase from the Employee's Forum of Indiana, has named the ASCs charging the highest percentage above Medicare payments to commercial insurers in every state based on the facility's Medicare reimbursement rate.
Brownsville, Texas, has been named the unhealthiest city in America for 2023 while San Francisco was named the healthiest, according to WalletHub. The personal finance website based its findings on 43 key indicators of health, including fruit and vegetable consumption…
Sage Transparency, a healthcare transparency database from the Employee's Forum of Indiana, has named the ASCs charging the highest percent above Medicare payments to commercial insurers in every state based on the facility's Medicare reimbursement rate.