Author: Patsy Newitt

Investors are eyeing three physician specialties in 2023, according to McDermott Health's 2023 Physician Practice Management report. 

Average physician compensation has declined by 2.4 percent in 2022, compared to a 3.8 percent increase in 2021, according to Doximity's 2023 "Physician Compensation Report."

A Jefferson County, Ill., jury has ruled a urologist is not guilty in a $6.5 million suit that alleges he failed to diagnose a patient's prostate cancer, Missouri Lawyers Media reported March 24. 

New York physician Sudipt Deshmukh, MD, is facing a manslaughter charge in a patient's opioid overdose death, the Rochester Beacon reported March 23. 

Tallahassee, Fla., is the metropolitan area with the highest demand for temporary physicians, according to 2023 data from online networking service Doximity.

Physician pay in a solo practice jumped 3 percent in the last year, according to 2023 data from online networking service Doximity.

Eighteen healthcare CEOs were deemed among the 200 most influential CEOs in the world, according to a March 17 report from CEOWorld Magazine. 

Here are five statistics to know about physician and lawyer compensation:

There were 227 dental transactions in 2022, according to data cited in VMG Health's 2023 mergers and acquisitions report, released March 21. 

Physicians in the Washington, D.C., area get paid the least on average of any metropolitan area in the U.S., according to 2023 data from online networking service Doximity.