A Florida physician who was indicted on federal charges of illegally distributing medication is under investigation again for allegations of sexual assault, News4Jax reported Nov. 3.
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CMS will increase the pay rate for iTind procedures in ASCs and hospital outpatient departments as part of its new proposed rates.
About 88 percent of physicians said they would report a colleague who was working under the influence of drugs, alcohol or illness, according to Medscape's "Right and Wrong in Medicine" report, released Nov. 2.
Brookfield, Wis.-based pediatrician Manuel Thomas has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for unlawfully distributing controlled substances, the U.S. Justice Department said Nov. 3.
OB-GYN Associates of Iowa City & Coralville (Iowa) has filed for bankruptcy following a malpractice judgment of $97.4 million, CBS affiliate KMTV reported Nov. 2.
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Medscape laid out physicians' biggest ethical dilemmas in its "Right and Wrong in Medicine: Life, Death and Wrenching Choices" report published Nov. 2
Here are three breakdowns on ASC staffing costs from VMG Health's 2022 "Multi-Specialty ASC Benchmarking Study:"
From cost-cutting tactics to the richest physicians, here are eight physician wealth updates Becker's has reported on this year.
Medicare's physician fee schedule final rule, released Nov. 1, will reduce the physician pay conversion factor by 4.48 percent to $33.06.
Wages in the U.S. were up 7.7 percent from the same time last year in October, with the economy adding 239,000 jobs, up from last month's 192,000, according to a Nov. 2 report from CNBC.