Springfield, Ill.-based Memorial Health has laid off 20 percent of leadership positions and hundreds of employees due to "current national and statewide economic trends," the Jacksonville Journal-Courier reported Aug. 8.
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New York City-based Hospital for Special Surgery has named Daniel Green, MD, and David Mayman, MD, as chief of pediatric orthopedic surgery and chief of adult joint replacement and reconstruction, respectively.
David Zaas, MD, has been appointed president of Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist in Winston-Salem, N.C.
The average physician worked 43 hours a week in 2022 — and for 17 percent of physicians, more than 20 of those were spent on prior authorizations, according to a report by Medical Economics.
Below are the percentages of physicians who would either change their specialty or profession if they had the opportunity, according to the Medical Economics' 2023 "Physician Report." .
Maryland physician Ron Elfenbein, MD, has been convicted by a federal jury for submitting over $15 million in false and fraudulent claims for patients who were tested for COVID-19 at his testing sites.
Boris Pasche, MD, PhD, has been appointed president and CEO of Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute in Detroit.
Thirty-nine percent of physicians reported using telemedicine less in 2022 compared to 2021, according to a report by Medical Economics.
Here are the average salaries across five regions for the most requested providers in recruitment searches, according to the "2023 Physician Incentive Review" from healthcare staffing firm AMN Healthcare:
Here are the top 10 sources of secondary income for physicians in 2022, according to the Medical Economics "2023 Physician Report":