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Medscape on June 9 released its "Physician Wealth and Debt Report 2023," which polled physicians on compensation, debt and expenses. The report surveyed 10,011 physicians across more than 29 specialties about their income, net worth, and more from Oct. 7…

Medscape on June 9 released its "Physician Wealth and Debt Report" for 2023. The report surveyed 10,011 physicians across more than 29 specialties about their income, net worth, and more from Oct. 7 to Jan. 17.

The Biden-Harris administration published a fact sheet June 8 detailing new actions to protect LBGTQ communities across the United States, with several actions focused on health.

The American Medical Association has issued strategy suggestions for updating the budget neutrality adjustments included in the annual Medicare physician payment schedule.

Here are six legislative updates physicians should know that Becker's has reported on since May 26:

Physician-owned practices with more than 25 doctors would be required to report information about their business structure, mergers and acquisitions annually to HHS under the proposed Promoting Access to Treatments and Increasing Extremely Needed Transparency Act.

The Connecticut Hospital Association and Gov. Ned Lamont have made an agreement on healthcare legislative policies to reduce healthcare costs for Connecticut families.

Here are six things for physicians to know about Stark law:

The American Medical Association and nearly 100 other medical organizations have sent a letter June 1 to members of the U.S. House of Representatives against the "I CAN Act."

The Florida legislature has passed an update to the Florida Electronic Health Records Exchange Act that bans the storage of electronic health records outside of the United States, its territories and Canada, according to a June 2 report from HIPAA…