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Here are seven chief medical officer appointments reported by Becker's in September:

Here are five forces impacting the private practice space to know:

North Carolina physician Henry Emery, MD, has been charged with the alleged unlawful distribution of a controlled substance.

Two of AMN Healthcare's legacy brands — Merritt Hawkins and Staff Care — have merged into AMN Healthcare Physician Solutions.

An Ohio clinic director and her physician husband have been sentenced to prison after being convicted of falsely diagnosing dozens of patients with Alzheimer’s disease.

If physician burnout is not addressed, more physicians will continue to leave practice before retirement age, exacerbating the impending physician shortage, the American Medical Association said in a Sept. 27 blog post. 

Here are five updates on UnitedHealth Group's Optum physicians should know that Becker's reported on in September:

Mortgage on their primary residence is the most common form of debt or expense for young physicians, according to Medscape's "2023 Young Physician Compensation Report."

Microhospital Avail Hospital Lake Charles (La.) is permanently closing Sept. 29.

Here are five updates from some of the U.S.' largest payers reported by Becker's since Sept. 21: