Here are 6 C-suite moves Becker's reported on in November:
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Provider advocates such as the American Hospital Association and American Medical Association sent a letter Nov. 30 urging Congress to prevent the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 sequester from taking effect.
Grace Lee, MD, has been selected as the chief quality officer at Stanford (Calif.) Medicine Children's Health and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital Stanford. She will begin overseeing the quality and safety of Stanford Medicine Children's Health Dec. 12.
Vicente Diaz, MD, has been named the next chief of ophthalmology at Yale New Haven Health's Bridgeport (Conn.) Hospital.
Scam artists posing as law enforcement officers, DEA agents and medical board staff have begun calling California physicians as a part of an extortion scheme, the California Medical Association said Nov. 29.
Paul Minardi, MD, has been named the executive vice president and chief executive officer of the Kaiser Permanente Foundation, according to a release. Dr. Minardi assumes the role with more than 36 years of experience in medicine, most recently serving…
Despite state prohibitions on physician employment, all eligible California and Texas physicians can now participate in the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. This change was put into action by the final rule listed in the Education Department's overhaul of the…
Physician burnout can be prevented by increasing efficiency and eliminating unnecessary work, ultimately allowing physicians to focus on their patients while exemplifying wellness within their practices. The American Medical Association recently released a guide outline strategies providers can use to…
Payers have increasingly been incorrectly cutting evaluation-and-management service payments to physicians, according to a Nov. 23 report from the American Medical Association.
Kavitha Bhatia, MD, has been recognized as a 2022 Inspirational Woman Award finalist by the LA Times for her leadership in the medical field. Dr. Bhatia currently serves as the president and chair of Prime Healthcare Foundation and chief medical…