Former physician Julian Omidi has been sentenced to 84 months in federal prison for defrauding private health insurance companies through his connection to the 1-800-GET-THIN Lap-Band surgery business.
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Thirty-one percent of healthcare workers are planning to leave their current role in the next two to three years, according to a March report from analytics firm Elsevier Health.
The Association for Independent Medicine has launched to support independent, physician-owned medical practices and is backed by nearly 400 anesthesiologists.
Helen Messier, MD, PhD, has been promoted to chief medical officer of Fountain Life, which uses artificial intelligence to improve disease detection and longevity for patients.
Black patients living in counties with more Black primary care physicians live longer, according to a study published April 14 in JAMA Network.
Oncology saw the biggest pay jump in the last year, according to Medscape's "Physician Compensation Report" for 2023.
The number of MD and DO applicants who matched to a first-year residency program in 2023 reached 81.1 percent this year, up 2 percent from the previous year, according to an April 16 press release from The Compass, a research…
The hours a physician works per week don't necessarily align with burnout rates, according to a comparison of data from recent Medscape reports.
Physician burnout can contribute to higher turnover rates, staffing shortages and malpractice or medical errors, in addition to its effects on the individual physician.
The average yearly salary among physicians of all specialties is $352,000, according to Medscape's "Physician Compensation Report" for 2023.