Thirty-nine percent of physicians have seen misbehavior from other physicians in the workplace, according to Medscape's 2023 "Physician Behavior Report."
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A Los Angeles Superior Court jury has ordered Los Angeles County to pay over $600,000 to a physician who alleged workplace retaliation in a recent lawsuit, The Daily Breeze reported Aug. 30.
Mack Hinson, MD, has been named the next president of Kinwell Medical Group, a Seattle-based primary care provider.
Since 1965, the government and commercial insurance sectors have adopted the term "provider" to refer to entities that can receive Medicare payments, including physicians, according to an Aug. 22 report from the American Medical Association.
Here are nine physicians who have taken on or stepped down from top leadership roles reported by Becker's since Aug. 1:
Brown University's Warren Alpert Medical School in Providence, R.I., will no longer submit data to U.S. News & World Report for its medical school ranking system starting in 2024.
Lincare Holdings, a chemical company that provides oxygen equipment to patients with respiratory issues, has agreed to pay $29 million and perform corrective actions to resolve allegations of fraudulently overbilling Medicare.
Marcel van den Brink, MD, PhD, has been appointed president of City of Hope Los Angeles and National Medical Center, one of the largest cancer research and treatment organizations in the country.
Male physicians have been represented in films through the last three decades four times more often than women, according to recent analysis published in JAMA Internal Medicine.
The Kentucky Medical Association installed Michael Kuduk, MD, as the organization's 173rd president during an annual meeting, Kentucky Today reported Aug. 29.