The American Hospital Association and the American College of Emergency Surgeons urged Congress to approve legislation that would provide federal protections from violence for healthcare workers.
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Here are five healthcare partnerships, acquisitions and mergers that physicians should know, as reported by Becker's since Jan. 22:
Somerville, Mass.-based Mass General Brigham has pulled its physicians out of Steward Health Care's Holy Family Hospital campuses amid Steward's financial challenges, Boston Business Journal reported Jan. 26.
Exercise is the most common coping mechanism for physicians experiencing burnout, according to Medscape's "Physician Burnout & Depression Report 2024" released Jan. 26.
Springfield, Ill.-based Hospital Sisters Health System will close two hospitals and all physician offices and health centers it operates in Western Wisconsin with multispecialty group Prevea Health.
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A Missouri physician has been indicted for allegedly making false statements in Medicare orders.
Yi Kao, MD, alleged his former employer, Mount Nittany Medical Center, wrongly terminated his privileges in a lawsuit filed Jan. 19, according to the Centre Daily Times.
Saltzer Health, a primary and specialty care group based in the Treasure Valley, Idaho region, plans to sell or end services by March 29.
Here are three court cases involving physicians to know, as reported by Becker's since Jan. 8:
Weight loss drugs, or glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists, seem to have taken the world of healthcare by storm — for better or for worse.