Author: Patsy Newitt

Resident salary has jumped 21.7 percent since 2015, according to Medscape's 2023 "Resident and Salary Debt Report."

Here are three hospitals closing departments or ending services since Sept. 1:

Here are three pieces of good news and three pieces of bad news for physicians:

Oliver Street Dermatology, a Texas management company that operates dermatology practices, ASCs and pathology laboratories, has agreed to pay $8.9 million to settle self-reported allegations that it violated Stark law. 

In August, former Optum employees took to social media about a number of layoffs that allegedly occurred across the company.

Eight healthcare and health insurance organizations made Time and Statista's list of the 750 "best" companies. 

Former Youngstown, Ohio-based OB-GYN Samir Wahib, MD, was sentenced for his role in a kickback scheme, WKBN reported Sept. 14. 

Optum is the largest employer of physicians in the country, with 70,000 employed or aligned. 

Healthgrades named four hospitals in New York as the top 100 hospitals for orthopedic surgery. 

Walmart is allegedly interested in purchasing majority ownership in ChenMed, a chain of primary care clinics, according to a report from Bloomberg.