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As artificial intelligence continues to take off in the healthcare industry, major players, including Apple, are trying their hand at healthcare. Here are eight major updates from the tech giant in healthcare since March 27:  

Congress is urging CMS to finalize a federal regulation that would overhaul prior authorization requirements within Medicare Advantage.

The vast majority of physicians (95 percent) give medical advice to their friends outside of the office, according to a July 20 report from Medscape, which surveyed more than 1,500 physicians across 29 specialties. 

While the average physician will leave medical school with six figures of debt, a number of states offer some type of medical loan forgiveness for physicians based on factors including income and practice setting. 

When considering entering private practice, there are several considerations for physicians to make, including the operational advantages and pitfalls of running your own practice. 

Connecticut has the highest wealth entry threshold for physicians, with earnings needing $952,902 a year in income to be considered part of the "top 1 percent," according to a July 18 report from CNBC. 

Emergency medicine management company American Physician Partners is closing and planning to transition its hospital contracts, according to a July 17 report from Bloomberg. 

Violence against healthcare workers, including threats and attacks, has worsened since the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a July 18 report from the American Medical Association. 

Physicians nationwide have expressed concern over CMS' suggested 3.34 percent conversion factor decrease from its proposed Medicare physician fee schedule for 2024.

Only about 47 percent of physicians are "very satisfied" with their current medical specialty, according to a Medscape poll of 949 practitioners.