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Around 76% of physicians believe that happiness and balance are attainable in their profession, according to Medscape's 2025 "Physician Mental Health and Well-Being Report," published Jan. 31. 

Jarrod Kaufman, MD, chairman of surgery at Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus in Lakewood Township, N.J., and founder of Brick (N.J.) Surgery Center has died in a one-vehicle crash at 54, according to a Feb. 1 report from App.

A couple in Arizona have pleaded guilty to submitting more than $1.2 billion in false claims to Medicare and other health insurance programs for medically unnecessary wound grafts for elderly and terminally ill patients. 

Here are four executive orders, proposals and other healthcare legislation passed under President Donald Trump's administration since Jan. 1, as reported by Becker's:

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A lawsuit has been filed against a physician, health system and other hospital staff on behalf of the widow of a man who died after the wrong organ was removed during a surgical procedure in August 2024, News 5 WKRG…

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