Kentucky physician James Chaney has been awarded $14 million in his lawsuit against CVS and Rite Aid of Kentucky for wrongly attributing drug orders to him, the Lexington Herald Leader reported March 22.
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Tallahassee, Fla., is the metropolitan area with the highest demand for temporary physicians, according to 2023 data from online networking service Doximity.
Physician pay in a solo practice jumped 3 percent in the last year, according to 2023 data from online networking service Doximity.
Issues including staffing shortages, payer reimbursements and hospital/health system competition are putting pressure on ASCs in 2023.
While hospitals continue to close service lines, a window of opportunity appears to be opening for ASCs.
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Physicians in the Washington, D.C., area get paid the least on average of any metropolitan area in the U.S., according to 2023 data from online networking service Doximity.
Physicians in the Charlotte, N.C., area get paid the most on average of any metropolitan area in the U.S., according to 2023 data from online networking service Doximity.
Chris Boulange, MD, has been arrested on four counts of unlawful distribution of controlled substances, the Justice Department reported March 22.