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Author: Patsy Newitt

Medscape's October report "Physicians Behaving Badly: US vs UK" laid out how physicians in the United Kingdom and the U.S. have witnessed their colleagues behave inappropriately online.

Brookfield, Wis.-based pediatrician Manuel Thomas has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for unlawfully distributing controlled substances, the U.S. Justice Department said Nov. 3. 

Anesthesiologist Raynaldo Rivera Ortiz Jr., MD, is asking to be released from jail after pleading not guilty to allegations he injected heart-stopping drugs into IV bags at Baylor Scott & White Surgicare North Dallas, NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth reported Nov.…

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Medscape laid out physicians' biggest ethical dilemmas in its "Right and Wrong in Medicine: Life, Death and Wrenching Choices" report published Nov. 2 

Here are three breakdowns on ASC staffing costs from VMG Health's 2022 "Multi-Specialty ASC Benchmarking Study:"

Medicare's physician fee schedule final rule, released Nov. 1, will reduce the physician pay conversion factor by 4.48 percent to $33.06. 

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