Legal + Compensation

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…

Physicians across all specialties earned more incentive bonuses on average in 2022 than in 2021, according to Medscape's 2023 "Physician Compensation Report." 

The United States is suing Radnor, Pa.-based interventional cardiologist James McGuckin, MD, for an alleged $6.5 million in false claims. 

Here are ten stats on anesthesiologist compensation to know from 2023:

Eighty medical organizations have signed a letter expressing support for a bipartisan bill looking to expand the US physician workforce.