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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, through the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, has finalized a rule that aims to strengthen Medicare Advantage, lower prescription drug costs and protect senior patients and those with disabilities.

The American College of Neurological Surgeons and the Congress of Neurological Surgeons have endorsed the Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act.

Miles Varn, MD, has been named the inaugural chief medical officer of Sun Life U.S., an international financial services organization.

Fewer medical trainees across the country are entering primary care, leading to a shortage of primary care providers, according to the Milbank Memorial Fund Health of U.S. Primary Care Baseline Scorecard Data Dashboard.

Fewer medical trainees across the country are entering primary care, leading to a shortage of primary care providers, according to the Milbank Memorial Fund Health of U.S. Primary Care Baseline Scorecard Data Dashboard.

Parham Jaberi, MD, has been selected as the state of Virginia's interim health commissioner, The Washington Post reported April 4. 

Here are seven numbers to note about how physician pay compares to chief medical officer pay:

A New York physician is suing her former employer South Shore University Hospital in Bay Shore for decades of discrimination, according to an April 4 news report from Patch.

The California Medical Association released a list of recommendations April 4 designed to increase the physician workforce in that state and across the country.

Greg Armstrong, MD, has been named chair of the department of epidemiology and cancer control at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis, Tenn.