Physicians have continued to see Medicare payment cuts year over year, with a 2% cut in 2023 being followed by a 1.68% cut in 2024, according to an April 8 report from the American Medical Association.
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Walgreens' VillageMD has announced plans to exit the Illinois, Indiana, Florida and Nevada markets this year.
New York City-based Island Ambulatory Surgery Center has notified patients of a data security incident that impacted its patients' protected health information.
Florida has 22,270 active nurse practitioners, the most of any state, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Eight medical office buildings in Raleigh, N.C., have sold for $79.4 million, according to an April 8 report from Commercial Property Executive.
A telemedicine company owner pleaded guilty in connection with a $110 million fraud scheme involving medically unnecessary durable medical equipment.
Here are two physician defamation cases from April to know:
A physician who formerly practiced in Sesser, Ill., was sentenced to five months in prison and five months of home confinement after he pleaded guilty to two counts of healthcare fraud.
A Virginia ENT who already faced 12 counts of assault and sexual battery was indicted on another count of sexual battery, The Winchester Star reported April 4.
Joseph Stalfire III, MD, a surgeon at Oakland, Calif.-based Kaiser Permanente, is suing a fellow physician for allegedly submitting false medical board complaints in an attempt to get him fired, according to an April 5 report from Medscape.