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Benjamin Mauck, MD, has been identified as the physician shot and killed by a patient at Campbell Clinic July 11 in Collierville, Tenn.

An unsealed whistleblower lawsuit alleges that sales representatives from medical equipment company Medtronic operated a yearslong bribery scheme inside of a veteran's hospital in Kansas, according to a July 12 report from CNBC.

About 69 percent of healthcare workers are concerned about aggressive and erratic behavior from patients and visitors, according to the 2023 "Workplace Safety" survey from Verkada, which surveyed 1,000 frontline workers across banking, retail, hospitality and healthcare. 

The William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine in Hattiesburg, Miss., sees the highest number of graduates go on to practice medicine in rural areas, according to 2023 data from U.S. News & World Report.

Since May, 21 states have removed broad mental health and substance abuse questions from medical licensing applications, according to a July 10 report from Medscape.

Here are 12 major physician and healthcare fraud cases since June 13: 

Here are 11 major healthcare layoffs that have been announced since June 5: 

Eleven people were indicted in a $2 billion telemedicine fraud scheme focused on orthotic braces and pain creams, according to the Justice Department.

The overall physician burnout rate reached 53 percent in 2022, according to the American Medical Association's Organizational Biopsy report, published June 23. While burnout has fallen from its peak in 2021, other key performance indicators in the report highlight physicians'…

Brownsville, Texas-based physician assistant Fernando Mendez faces 10 years in prison after admitting to practicing medicine without a license, ABC affiliate KRGV reported June 27.