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From leadership moves to layoffs, here are 13 Optum moves that physician leaders should know that Becker's reported on in 2023:

A surgery team at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland performed the system's first surgical removal of a herniated disc without the use of general anesthesia.

Healthcare policy legislation has been in the spotlight for much of 2023, including issues related to reimbursement, advanced practice provider supervision requirements and payer policies. 

Forty-six percent of physicians said they expect retiring from medicine to feel like losing a part of their identity, according to a survey by Medscape. 

While the COVID-19 public health emergency status has faded away, the pandemic's effects on the healthcare workforce has not.

Bed constraints, supply chain issues and staffing shortages are among the many challenges physicians may face in 2024.

A financial adviser in West New York, N.J., was found guilty on 11 counts in connection with a $4 million healthcare insurance fraud scheme. 

The American Medical Association has identified the insurance industry giants with the largest shares of the commercial health insurance, Medicare Advantage and public health exchange markets in 2023. 

Valhalla, N.Y.-based Westchester Medical Center must pay $120 million for a medical malpractice suit that claimed it failed to timely diagnose and treat a patient.

Learning to work with limited resources will be the name of the game for physicians in 2024.