Legal + Compensation

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.

The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 updated exceptions to Stark Law and Anti-Kickback law last year, according to a May 15 article in JDSupra from law firm Epstein Becker & Green. 

Physicians earned 3.8 percent more on average in 2022 than in 2021, according to Medscape's 2023 "Physician Compensation Report." 

Maryland physicians earned the lowest salary on average in 2022, according to Medscape's 2023 "Physician Compensation Report."

Wisconsin physicians earned the highest salary on average in 2022, according to Medscape's 2023 "Physician Compensation Report."

Here are four takeaways from new research on inflation and compensation published by the Medical Group Management Association, which pulled data from nearly 190,000 providers across more than 6,800 organizations: