Author: Paige Haeffele

Eleven specialties saw year-over-year starting salary growth in 2024, according to an Aug. 1 analysis published by healthcare staffing firm AMN Healthcare.

Corporations and private equity are taking an interest in healthcare — for better or worse. 

The Justice Department introduced a pilot program to reward whistleblowers who provide evidence of corporate misconduct in efforts to uncover and prosecute corporate wrongdoing.

Here are 15 physician leaders that have announced plans to retire or entered retirement in 2024, as reported by Becker's since Jan. 29:

Washington, D.C. has the highest number of physicians per capita — seven times more than Idaho, the state with the fewest, according to an analysis by financial management website WalletHub.

Mohamed Eltemamy, MD, a urologist at Cleveland Clinic, performed the first dual kidney transplant in the U.S. using a minimally invasive robotic surgery system. 

Mississippi was ranked as the worst state for healthcare in an analysis by financial management website WalletHub.

Carla Braxton, MD, was named as director of physician professional development at the Houston Methodist Physician Organization.

Improving the practice of medicine for physicians has been a priority for many in the healthcare industry — and efforts are finally beginning to pay off.

A 2023 report from insurer Humana found that the number of patients receiving care under value-based models has increased by 2.3 million in the last decade. This increase poses the question of whether it has the potential to overtake the…