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As several industries in the U.S. have taken advantage of the opportunity to work from home over the last four years, these options can be more limited for healthcare providers, who are often required to be face to face with…

The owner of a durable medical equipment company was charged for his alleged role in a scheme that defrauded Medicare of more than $70 million.

A physician who was previously employed at Woodhull Medical Center in New York City was fired following two incidents that resulted in patient deaths, The New York Times reported April 11.

Walmart Health is another pmajor player in the race to acquire physicians as the healthcare industry consolidates. 

Only 1.5% of children in Massachusetts are uninsured, according to an April 9 report by personal finance website WalletHub.

The physicians on Forbes' 38th World's Billionaires list are among the richest in the world.

One of the biggest contenders in the race to acquire physicians, Walmart will open four healthcare centers in the Houston area this month and four more later this year, the Houston Chronicle reported April 2.

Ali Khan, MD, was appointed as vice president and Medicare chief medical officer for Aetna, CVS Health's payer subsidiary.

Optum and its parent company, UnitedHealth Group, employ approximately 90,000 physicians in total, making it the largest employer of physicians in the U.S. — but that did not occur overnight.

Justin Lundbye, MD, was named president of Catholic Health's Good Samaritan University Hospital in West Islip, N.Y.