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A New York City federal court charged physician Somsri Ratanaprasatporn, MD, three pharmacists and four others with a $24 million scheme illegally distributing more than 1.2 million oxycodone pills, the U.S. Justice Department said October 12. 

Mandy Rice, DO, joined the surgical team at the CHI St. Vincent Surgery Clinic-Hot Springs, The Sentinel-Record reported Oct. 10.

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When writing a new contract for physician hires, there are five things that should be included, or avoided, to entice new employees, according to a Medscape report from healthcare lawyer Ericka Adler. 

The percentage of U.S. workers who have experienced political affiliation bias in the workplace has increased 12 points in the last three years, growing to 24 percent of 504 workers surveyed, according to data from the Society for Human Resource…

Thirty-six percent of physicians have considered early retirement in the last year, according to "Back From Burnout: Confronting the Post-pandemic Physician Turnover Crisis"," an October report from the Medical Group Management Association and Jackson Physician Search. 

From the most expensive state to retire in, to the state with the highest physician assistant pay, here are 15 state rankings Becker's has reported on this year. 

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