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Here are five physician fraud cases Becker's has reported since April:

Alaska is the most expensive U.S. state to visit a pediatrician in, according to research from the Birth Injury Lawyers Group based on CMS data. 

The state of Alaska named Robert Lawrence, MD, its chief medical officer, Alaska Public Media reported May 3.

Here are three recent transactions in the healthcare industry that have left physicians wary, as reported by Becker's since Jan. 17:

CMS has increasingly scrutinized Stark law policy, settling a record $12.56 million in Stark law voluntary self-referral disclosure settlements in 2023.

Touro hospital, part of New Orleans-based LCMC Health, named Christopher Lege, MD, its CEO, Biz New Orleans reported April 30. 

Two executives at OrthoNet, a White Plains, N.Y.-based claim processing company, were sentenced to prison and to pay restitution for a scheme that defrauded their company of more than $4 million.

Private practice physicians face a host of challenges, but this doesn't mean that there aren't advantages to practicing privately.

The Federal Trade Commission voted 3-2 to ban noncompete clauses for most U.S. workers April 23. 

There are many systemic issues that all healthcare professionals are forced to grapple with, including staffing shortages, rising practice costs and decreasing reimbursement.