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  1. Top 20 states by healthcare access

    Amelia Ickes -
    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. 

  2. Tennessee physician sentenced to 7 years for healthcare fraud

    Amelia Ickes -
    A Tennessee physician was sentenced to seven years in federal prison after being convicted of 13 felony healthcare fraud charges.

  3. Ballad shakes up chief medical officer leadership

    Paige Haeffele -
    Ballad Health has reconfigured its chief medical officer structure in efforts to strengthen the system's physician leadership. 

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  1. How often do medical groups review their payer contracts?

    Riz Hatton -
    Fifty-eight percent of medical groups review their payer contracts annually, according to the Medical Group Management Association's Aug. 15 Stat poll.

  2. Physician assistant burnout by specialty

    Paige Haeffele -
    Eighty-four percent of physician assistants are satisfied with their current job and the majority of physician assistants across all specialties reported no symptoms of burnout, according to a survey conducted by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants. 

  3. Pediatrician pay in 2023: 9 things to know

    Amelia Ickes -
    Here are nine stats to know about pediatrician pay, according to the Medscape "Pediatrician Compensation Report 2023:"

  4. CMS program saves $1.8B in 2022

    Amelia Ickes -
    The Medicare Shared Savings Program saved Medicare $1.8 billion in 2022 compared to spending targets for the year.

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  1. 34% of Americans have visited a primary care provider in the last year

    Amelia Ickes -
    Only 34 percent of Americans have visited their primary care provider within the last year, according to a survey conducted by OnePoll for Assurance IQ.

  2. CVS Health to lay off 2,700 across 9 states

    Amelia Ickes -
    CVS Health will  eliminate 5,000 "non-customer-facing positions" across nine states, which represent about 2 percent of CVS' workforce of about 300,000 people nationwide.

  3. 'Hospitals only care about profits': 1 physician on the relationship between providers and the hospitals that employ them

    Paige Haeffele -
    Terry Lichtor, MD, PhD, a neurosurgeon and professor at Rush Medical Center in Chicago, joined Becker's to discuss the relationship between physicians and the hospitals they work for. 

  4. How do employed physicians feel about their autonomy?

    Riz Hatton -
    Half of employed physicians are very satisfied or satisfied with their autonomy, according to Medscape's "Employed Physicians Report 2023."

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  1. How employed physicians are compensated

    Riz Hatton -
    Thirty-one percent of employed physicians' compensation is structured by salary only, according to Medscape's "Employed Physicians Report 2023."

  2. Cigna ends prior authorization requirements for 25% of services

    Paige Haeffele -
    Cigna Healthcare removed prior authorization requirements from more than 600 medical codes — nearly 25 percent of services.

  3. 1100 physicians call for gun safety legislation in Tennessee

    Amelia Ickes -
    Over 1,100 physicians in Tennessee have signed a petition calling on elected officials to enact stronger gun safety legislation in the state, ABC affiliate WKRN reported Aug. 21.

  4. 9 chief medical officer moves in 4 weeks

    Amelia Ickes -
    Here are nine new chief medical officers Becker's has reported on since July 25:

  5. 94% of hospitals address physician shortages with telemedicine programs: Study

    Amelia Ickes -
    94.6 percent of hospitals have been addressing physician shortages through telemedicine programs, according to the results of the Eagle 2023 Telemedicine Adoption Survey.

  6. Amazon Clinic to tier healthcare prices: What physicians need to know

    Amelia Ickes -
    Amazon Clinic — the company's most recent healthcare initiative — will be focused on price transparency and tiered pricing for healthcare services based on convenience and quality, according to an Aug. 22 report from Forbes.

  7. 4 physician groups to leave Proliance 

    Patsy Newitt -
    Three physician groups left Seattle-based Proliance Surgeons network in July, the group confirmed to Becker's.

  8. How states are approaching who gets to be called doctor

    Patsy Newitt -
    Nurse practitioners with doctorates have increasingly been pushing back on states' moves to address whether nonphysicians can be called doctors, The Washington Post reported Aug. 20.

  9. 10 worst states for physicians vs. nurses

    Riz Hatton -
    Hawaii is the worst state for physicians and nurses, according to personal finance site WalletHub. 

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