Taif Mukhdomi, MD, interventional pain physician at Pain Zero in Columbus, Ohio, joined Becker's to discuss the disruptor he will be eyeing in 2023.
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A former Pennsylvania healthcare executive was sentenced to 30 months in prison for conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud and defrauding Medicare.
A Fairfax, Va.-based OB-GYN pleaded guilty and agreed to pay a total of $5.3 million for obstructing the IRS by underreporting income and filing false tax returns.
Four physicians recently joined Becker's to discuss the disruptors they are keeping an eye on for 2024.
In its January proposal to ban noncompetes, the Federal Trade Commission calls the policy "a widespread and often exploitative practice that suppresses wages, hampers innovation and blocks entrepreneurs from starting new businesses."
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A growing number of hospitals, health systems and ASCs are dropping Medicare Advantage contracts for prior authorization denials and slow payments, among other reasons.
Urologists were named the most stressful job in the country, according to Mental Health America's "Mind the Workplace" 2023 report.
Texas, Florida and Pennsylvania saw huge growth in the gastroenterology field in 2023.
UnitedHealth Group, parent company of Optum, now employs, contracts or aligns with roughly 90,000 physicians in the country, according to a Dec. 14 report from Medscape.
The license of anesthesiologist Jeffrey Christensen, MD, who has been affiliated with Casper-based Wyoming Surgical Center, has been suspended after an investigation involving missing fentanyl, K2 Radio reported Dec. 12.