Author: Francesca Mathewes

Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing a Dallas physician for illegally providing gender-affirming care to more than a dozen children, marking the third lawsuit over transgender care for minors in the state.

Omaha, Neb.-based CHI Health and Creighton University School of Medicine, also in Omaha, are introducing the nation's first Rural Track Physician Residency program, Fox Nebraska reported Nov. 7.

Physician practices are struggling for survival amid inflation, healthcare consolidation and other market pressures. 

At least 15 physician lawmakers will serve in Congress after the Nov. 5 election, with the possibility of three more in races currently too close to call, Medscape Medical News reported Nov. 7. 

Chase Howard, a healthcare attorney with Bochner PLLC, said the average physician employment contract spans more than 20 pages, according to a Nov. 6 Medscape Medical News article.

As consolidation continues to grow throughout healthcare and the future of independent practice becomes more uncertain, here are four physicians innovating the field with new business models and approaches to practice development:

A federal court in Indianapolis dismissed a lawsuit filed against Indianapolis-based Indiana University Health by a physician whose medical privileges were terminated at IU Health Bloomington Hospital, The Indiana Lawyer reported Nov. 4.

A Jacksonville, Fla., physician has been accused of stealing thousands of dollars' worth of donations intended for Hurricane Helene victims in Buncombe County, Fla., and selling some to a pawn shop, Queen City News reported Nov. 5. 

David Caldwell, MD, an oncologist and hematologist in Freeport, Maine, has died at 70, according to a Nov. 4 obituary published by the Danville Register & Bee. 

A Clinton Township, Mich., physician and pharmacist have agreed to pay a total of $700,948 to resolve allegations of violating the False Claims Act.