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Before the COVID-19 pandemic, New Orleans-based Ochsner Health's chief wellness officer, Nigel Girgrah, MD, PhD, launched an initiative to battle burnout at the health organization, bringing employee engagement from the 50th percentile to the 95th, according to a May 16…

As technology is rapidly evolving, especially in the medical field, here are eight healthcare tech trends to keep an eye on in 2023, per physician search and employment firm Merritt Hawkins.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts has added three physician groups to its primary care network.

Atlanta is the best city to start a career while New York City is the worst, according to personal finance site WalletHub.

Howard University in Washington, D.C., was named the most diverse medical school, according to U.S. News and World Report's "Best Medical Schools" list for 2023-24. 

Ndudi Aniemeka, MD, owner of Chicago-based Boycin Medical Clinic, and his wife and clinical administrator Obiageli Aniemeka, must pay more than $3 million for home health agency kickbacks and Medicare fraud, the Justice Department said May 16.

Over 100 medical and physician groups, including the American Association of Orthopedic Surgeons, the American Medical Association and the Digestive Health Physicians Association, authored a May 3 letter to members of the U.S. House of Representatives urging the passage of…

Insurers offer physicians ways to earn discounts on the size of medical malpractice premiums, according to a May 10 report from Medscape.

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has extended its pandemic-era controlled drug rules, which were set to end May 11 with the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency, according to a May 10 report from Medscape.

Physicians for Human Rights has issued a statement commending the American College of Emergency Physicians' policy reversal on use of the diagnosis "excited delirium."