Today's Top 20 Stories

  1. FTC chair calls for physicians to share experiences with private equity

    Amelia Ickes -
    Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan called on physicians to share their personal experiences with private equity during a keynote at the annual meeting of the American College of Emergency Physicians.

  2. What side gigs are physicians taking in medicine?

    Amelia Ickes -
    Medical consulting is the most popular medical side gig for physicians, according to Medscape's 2023 'Physician Side Gigs Report.'

  3. What side gigs are physicians taking outside of medicine?

    Amelia Ickes -
    Real estate is the most popular side gig for physicians outside of medicine, according to Medscape's 2023 'Physician Side Gigs Report.'

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  1. How physicians balance their side gigs

    Riz Hatton -
    Thirty-nine percent of physicians with side gigs said their main jobs offered "some flexibility," according to Medscape's "Physician Side Gigs Report 2023."

  2. PAs split on 'assistant' or 'associate': Survey

    Amelia Ickes -
    Physician assistants in the United States are split over whether they prefer using "physician assistant" or "physician associate" as their title, according to a survey conducted by locum tenens staffing agency Barton Associates.

  3. Student loans are resuming: What physicians need to know

    Amelia Ickes -
    Student loan payments officially resumed Oct. 1.

  4. US physicians make more than international peers

    Amelia Ickes -
    Physicians in the United States make the most compared to their international counterparts, according to Medscape's 2023 "International Physician Compensation Report."

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  1. Rady Children's nets $4M for pediatric clinical trial diversification

    Paige Haeffele -
    Paula Aristizabal, MD, a pediatric oncologist at Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego, was awarded $4 million to expand a program focused on improving diversity in pediatric cancer clinical trials.

  2. Brown University launches center on healthcare spending

    Amelia Ickes -
    The School of Public Health at Brown University in Providence, R.I., has launched a center to address healthcare spending.

  3. Former Arkansas medical board chair arrested for Medicaid fraud

    Amelia Ickes -
    An Arkansas psychiatrist who previously served as chair for the state's medical board has been arrested for two counts of Medicaid fraud, Fox affiliate KNWA reported Oct. 10.

  4. AMA provides key operations forms for private practices

    Amelia Ickes -
    The American Medical Association recently published an appendix to its "AMA STEPS Forward Private Practice Playbook" that includes business and medical forms physicians can use in their private practice.

2 tech leaders on Orlando VA Medical Center's path to innovation

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  1. The 10 highest-, lowest-paying states for RNs

    Paige Haeffele -
    Although the average annual salary among registered nurses in the U.S. is $80,359, that figure varies greatly depending on which state one practices in, according to career website ZipRecruiter.

  2. Strike kicks off at 4 Prime hospitals: What physicians need to know

    Amelia Ickes -
    Healthcare workers at four Prime Healthcare facilities in California began a five-day strike on Oct. 9, citing concerns over pay cuts, high turnover and unsafe staffing levels.

  3. Hippocratic AI forms physician advisory council

    Amelia Ickes -
    Hippocratic AI, a healthcare technology company that develops artificial health general intelligence, has formed a physician advisory council to guide the development of its large language model for healthcare.

  4. US physician group market to reach $397B by 2030

    Amelia Ickes -
    The U.S. physician group market is expected to grow to $397.1 billion by 2030 with a compound annual growth rate of 4.5% during the forecast period, according to an Oct. 10 report from Fortune Business Insights.

  5. How to build physician-administrator trust, per the AMA

    Amelia Ickes -
    The American Medical Association on Oct. 10 compiled a list of tips to build trust between physicians and hospital administrators with the goal of reducing burnout.

  6. Burnt-out nurses pivot to 'virtual nursing'

    Claire Wallace -
    As nurse burnout rates have hit an all-time high and the popularity of telehealth has continued to grow since the COVID-19 pandemic, some nurses are pivoting to virtual nursing to remain in the profession while managing exhaustion, according to an Oct. 5 report from Medscape. 

  7. How patients feel about AI: 3 things to know

    Paige Haeffele -
    Among patients familiar with artificial intelligence, 60% would feel comfortable going to a healthcare facility that uses AI,  according to an Oct. 9 report from GlobalData, a data analysis company.

  8. Michigan lawmakers revisit legislation that would give physician's assistants more power

    Riz Hatton -
    Lawmakers in Michigan's House are reintroducing legislation that would give physician assistants more power, NPR affiliate Michigan Radio reported Oct. 5.

  9. Amazon's hand in healthcare: 8 updates to know

    Amelia Ickes -
    Here are eight Amazon updates to know that Becker's has reported on since Aug. 15:

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