Two former University of Washington medical residents who participated in the Washington Physicians Health Program are suing the program, alleging it harmed them financially and professionally, according to court documents obtained by Becker’s. Dorender Gray, MD, and Temi Ogunleye, MD,…
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Inflation, rising interest rates and turbulent markets have physicians on edge. Yet despite those concerns, nearly half of physicians expect their investment portfolios to grow over the next year, according to Medscape’s 2026 “Physician Wealth and Debt Report.” How worried…
Purdue Pharma has been sentenced to pay more than $5 billion in criminal penalties for its role in fueling the opioid epidemic, the Justice Department said in an April 29 news release. The sentencing, handed down in federal court in…
Eighty percent of primary care physicians are concerned about financial stability, but 69% are actively developing plans to address these concerns, according to a new report from Elation Health. The survey, conducted in February 2026, polled 280 primary care clinicians…
Missouri lawmakers are right to treat the collapse of rural healthcare as an urgent crisis. Nearly half of the state’s remaining rural hospitals are at risk of closure, and many communities already know what it means to lose emergency rooms,…
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Physicians could be missing out on opportunities to negotiate their employment contracts according to Medscape’s “Physician Compensation Report 2026,” published April 10. The survey collected responses from 5,916 full-time physicians across more than 29 specialties between Sept. 5 and Dec.…
Female physicians earn just 78 cents on the dollar compared to their male counterparts, according to data released March 26 by Marit Health. Here are five other takeaways from the report: 1. The pay gap between male and female physicians…
The Texas Medical Association has joined a federal multidistrict litigation against MultiPlan and several major insurers, alleging a price-fixing scheme that suppressed out-of-network reimbursement rates, according to an April 7 news release shared with Becker’s. The lawsuit, filed in 2024,…
The former president of UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute has filed a lawsuit against the institute and Pittsburgh-based UPMC, claiming retaliation after raising concerns about alleged racist text messages between two physicians. Here are seven things to know: 1. Hemal…
A bill that recently cleared Missouri’s House Special Committee on Rural Issues that would authorize Columbia-based University of Missouri Health Care to acquire hospitals across 25 rural counties in the region, according to an April 6 viewpoint published by the…