CMS has rolled out several Quality Payment Program deadlines and exception application opportunities that are soon approaching, according to the agency’s QPP website timeline. Here are three dates and processes physicians should pay close attention to: 1. Physicians and group…
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Rhode Island has the highest hourly mean wage for family medicine physicians in the U.S., while Oklahoma has the highest hourly mean wage for family medicine physicians when adjusted for cost of living, according to data released May 15 by…
A former trauma surgeon has filed a lawsuit alleging that the University of Toledo (Ohio) was wrongly forced to retire by his former employer, CBS affiliate WTOl 11 reported May 6. Nabil Ebrahim, MD, told the outlet that the university…
Becker’s has published an updated version of this story can be found here. A federal judge has indicated that a planned deal between Atlanta-based staffing firm ApolloMD and Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth “likely” violates Oregon’s corporate medicine law, Lookout Eugene-Springfield reported…
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,…
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.…