Physician shortages and increasing costs plague healthcare systems across the country. However, rural communities tend to have disproportionately less access to adequate healthcare services.
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As many as nine out of 10 physicians say that prior authorization has a negative effect on patient outcomes, according to AMA’s survey of about 1,000 physicians nationwide. This can lead to negative patient outcomes, including avoidable hospitalizations and delayed…
The Department of Justice has filed a legal complaint against two medical centers for Stark law violations and submitting false Medicare claims, according to a July 26 news release.
Mohamed Eltemamy, MD, a urologist at Cleveland Clinic, performed the first dual kidney transplant in the U.S. using a minimally invasive robotic surgery system.
Mississippi was ranked as the worst state for healthcare in an analysis by financial management website WalletHub.
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Physician shortages are impacting medical systems nationwide.
The athlete-to-physician pipeline is not an uncommon one, with several football players and sports stars going on to attend medical school.
Hospitalists earned an average of $321,000 in 2023, up just $5,000 from the year prior, according to Medscape's 2024 "Hospitalist Compensation Report," published July 26.
Almost 30% of physicians are not at all supportive of accepting additional Medicaid patients into their practice, according to Medscape's 2024 "Doctors Evaluate Medicare and Medicaid Report," published July 12.
For some physicians, the fear of losing their job can lead to hesitation in speaking out on issues of safety, harassment or fraud. And, according to a July 24 blog post from the American Medical Association, this fear is often…