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Two Canadian provinces, Nova Scotia and Ontario, have lifted board certification requirements for physicians licensed to practice in the U.S. in anticipation of a 44,000 physician shortage, according to a May 1 report from Medscape.

New York City-based NYU Langone Health has partnered with Islip, N.Y.-based South Shore Neurologic Associates, creating three NYU Langone South Shore Neurologic Associates locations in Patchogue, Riverhead and Islip. 

The American College of Physicians has launched an initiative to address firearm injury and violence as a public health issue.

Physician assistants in Washington received the highest average annual wage, according to data published April 25 from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' occupational employment statistics survey. 

Of the malpractice suits filed against dermatologists between 2011 and 2022, half were related to accidental injuries, according to an April 24 report from Medscape. 

Lafayette (La.) Physical Rehabilitation Hospital and its parent company, Acadiana Management Group, have agreed to pay $1.2 million, and physician Carolyn Smith, MD, has agreed to pay $575,000 to settle false claims allegations, according to an April 24 report from…

A Los Angeles man has been charged with falsely claiming to be a licensed physician and practicing medicine on thousands of patients.

Former physician Jason Dreyer, DO, has agreed to pay nearly $1.2 million to settle allegations he performed medically unnecessary neurosurgeries, according to an April 24 news report from CBS affiliate KEPR.

Two Texas-based nurses have been sentenced to prison for their role in a $1.5 million fraud scheme, the state attorney general said in an April 25 news release. 

From lawsuits and litigation to criminal charges and fraud, here are 10 physician legal cases Becker's has covered since April 5: