Author: Patsy Newitt

Here are five key moves and studies since August about private equity and physicians:

 Within the first week of 2023, eight hospitals and health system CEOs have left their jobs or  announced plans to step down. 

Kenneth Frisof, MD, a retired family medicine physician from Cleveland-based MetroHealth System, is calling for a CEO pay cap after the health system's CEO allegedly gave himself and others more than $2.2 million in unauthorized bonuses, Dr. Frisof wrote in…

Congress released omnibus legislation in a $1.7 trillion spending bill that halts the planned 4.5 percent Medicare reimbursement cut, which is scheduled to grow over the next two years. 

Pikeville, Ky.-based psychiatrist Jason Stamper, DO, has been barred from prescribing drugs after being charged with heroin trafficking and methamphetamine possession, Lexington Herald Leader reported Dec. 19.

Most nurses deal with burnout by talking with family or friends, according to Medscape's Dec. 9 "Nurse Career Satisfaction" report. 

Almost half of nurses have experienced emotional abuse, and of those who faced abuse, half said a manager or administrator was responsible, according to Medscape's Dec. 9 "Nurse Career Satisfaction" report. 

Great Neck, N.Y.-based Roya Jafari-Hassad, MD, was charged with 18 counts for illegal opioid distribution and witness tampering, the U.S. Justice Department said Dec. 14. 

More than half of physicians think patients with unhealthy habits should pay more for insurance, according to Medscape's 2022 "Right or Wrong in Medicine" report. 

Five major healthcare deals since Nov. 15 that physician leaders need to know: