Scottsdale, Ariz., has been named the most affordable location to retire, according to a report from financial website Moneywise that considered factors including city cost of living, housing and healthcare costs.
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Houston-based psychiatrist Ashok Jain, MD, has agreed to pay $3 million to settle claims that he billed Medicare for unnecessary transcranial magnetic stimulation services, according to a March 9 report from Medscape.
Several hospitals are off to a rough financial start in 2023, which has forced some to permanently close their doors.
Baltimore-based University of Maryland has been removed from U.S. News and World Report's list of top medical schools for primary care in 2023.
Howard Adelglass, MD, was sentenced to 12.5 years in prison for distributing oxycodone illegally out of his New York City practice.
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New legislation in Texas would allow nurse practitioners to practice without physician supervision, Austin American-Statesman reported March 9.
South Carolina lawmakers have introduced Senate Bill 553, which would allow physician assistants with 6,000 hours of training to practice without a supervising physician.
As hospitals sever service lines, physician pay continues to drop and supply chain disruptions persist, healthcare industry professionals see both opportunities and challenges going forward.
The University of Washington in Seattle, the top ranked primary care university for 2023, will cost full-time students around $39,906 a year to attend, according to data from U.S. News and World Report.
California, Washington and Oregon are preparing to lift healthcare worker COVID-19 requirements April 3.