Today's Top 20 Stories
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Kinwell Medical Group appoints new president
Mack Hinson, MD, has been named the next president of Kinwell Medical Group, a Seattle-based primary care provider. -
Why physicians don't like the word 'provider'
Since 1965, the government and commercial insurance sectors have adopted the term "provider" to refer to entities that can receive Medicare payments, including physicians, according to an Aug. 22 report from the American Medical Association. -
9 physician leader shake-ups in August
Here are nine physicians who have taken on or stepped down from top leadership roles reported by Becker's since Aug. 1:
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Why this medical school is pulling out of US News rankings
Brown University's Warren Alpert Medical School in Providence, R.I., will no longer submit data to U.S. News & World Report for its medical school ranking system starting in 2024. -
Healthcare supply company to pay $29M to settle fraud allegations
Lincare Holdings, a chemical company that provides oxygen equipment to patients with respiratory issues, has agreed to pay $29 million and perform corrective actions to resolve allegations of fraudulently overbilling Medicare. -
City of Hope names president, chief physician executive
Marcel van den Brink, MD, PhD, has been appointed president of City of Hope Los Angeles and National Medical Center, one of the largest cancer research and treatment organizations in the country. -
Female physicians are 4 times less represented in film: Study
Male physicians have been represented in films through the last three decades four times more often than women, according to recent analysis published in JAMA Internal Medicine.
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Kentucky Medical Association appoints next president
The Kentucky Medical Association installed Michael Kuduk, MD, as the organization's 173rd president during an annual meeting, Kentucky Today reported Aug. 29. -
How the physician-hospital relationship is changing
Six physicians recently joined Becker's to discuss the relationship between physicians and the hospitals they work for. -
The employed physician workforce in 5 numbers
Here are five numbers that provide a look into the employed physician workforce. -
These are the top 3 reasons physicians are selling their practices to hospitals
The share of physicians in private practice has decreased from 60.1% in 2012 to 46.7% in 2022, with practice acquisition serving as one of the driving factors for this decline over the last decade.
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Phoenix Children's names chief physician executive
Phoenix Children's has named Jared Muenzer, MD, as its next chief physician executive. -
These 6 specialties experience the most burnout
Emergency medicine tops the list of physician specialties with the highest percentage of burnout, according to a survey with over 13,000 responses from physicians and nonphysician providers across 30 states conducted by the American Medical Association. -
PeaceHealth names chief medical officer
Nandita Gupta, MD, has been named chief medical officer of Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth's St. John Medical Center in Longview, effective Aug. 28. -
State superlatives: Best and worst states for physicians, nurses, healthcare access and more
Here are the best and worst states across a variety of metrics that Becker's has reported on since July 17: -
7 compensation updates in August physicians should know
Here are seven compensation updates Becker's reported in August that physicians should know: -
Top 20 states by healthcare access
WalletHub published its ranking of the best states for healthcare on July 31. One of the dimensions used to determine the ranking was healthcare access, which was based on 24 different metrics such as physicians per capita, hospital beds per capita, and average emergency department wait time. -
Tennessee physician sentenced to 7 years for healthcare fraud
A Tennessee physician was sentenced to seven years in federal prison after being convicted of 13 felony healthcare fraud charges. -
Ballad shakes up chief medical officer leadership
Ballad Health has reconfigured its chief medical officer structure in efforts to strengthen the system's physician leadership. -
How often do medical groups review their payer contracts?
Fifty-eight percent of medical groups review their payer contracts annually, according to the Medical Group Management Association's Aug. 15 Stat poll.
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