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.
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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":
Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City has appointed two associate surgeons-in-chief, effective Sept. 5.
Hospitalist pay increased at a much higher rate than it did for U.S. physicians in general in 2022, according to an Aug. 2 compensation report from Medscape.
AMN Healthcare, a healthcare staffing firm, analyzed a sample of the 2,676 permanent physician and advanced practitioner search engagements the firm conducted from April 1, 2022, to March 31.