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Managing group practices with multiple physicians comes with the careful balancing act of managing each individual physician while maintaining overall practice cohesion and efficiency. Bruce Parker, the practice manager of Northeast Georgia Plastic Surgery in Gainseville, recently joined Becker’s to…
Williston, Vt.-based Evergreen Family Health has filed a lawsuit against the Bank of Burlington, claiming the financial institution failed to prevent a fraudster from stealing $270,000 from the practice’s checking account, Seven Days reported March 27. The report outlines the…
A Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute-led study published in Medical Care found that recently graduated physicians are less likely to practice in rural areas after the COVID-19 pandemic. The study evaluated data from the 2010 to 2022 survey of residents…
State laws regarding abortions — and the consequences for physicians who perform them — have seen a number of changes over the past few weeks as state lawmakers and governors continue to wrestle with consequences of the landmark 2022 Dobbs…
The number of primary care physicians billing Medicare dropped from 139,000 in 2018 to 132,000 in 2023, according to MedPAC’s March 13 report to Congress. Between 2018 and 2023, the total number of clinicians billing Medicare grew from approximately 1…
On March 20, attending and resident physicians at Mass General Brigham picketed outside Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston in support of legislation that would place a cap on hospital CEO pay. The physicians, represented by…
A “supermajority” of 1,000 resident physicians and fellows at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis have voted to unionize. The residents and fellows filed for recognition with the Committee of Interns and Residents, a local of the Service Employees International…
Howard Tucker, MD, a neurologist in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, is the oldest practicing physician in the world, according to a March 24 report by Ideastream Public Media. Here are five things to know about Dr. Tucker and his lifelong career…
Two Texas state lawmakers are trying to address the state’s shortage of physicians through two new pieces of legislation, 3 News reported March 23. Senate Bill 2666, introduced by state Sen. Juan ‘Chuy’ Hinojsa and House Bill 4801, introduced by…
A funding bill recently passed by the House of Representatives locks in a 2.8% Medicare physician pay cut for 2025, perpetuating long-held concerns about the sustainability of independent practice and the future of patient care. “As reimbursement rates fail to…