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  1. 5 specialties seeing more burnout in 2024

    Amelia Ickes -
    Five physician specialties reported higher burnout rates in Medscape's 2024 "Physician Burnout and Depression Report" than last year's report.

  2. 1 physician's take on how weight loss drugs lead to 'phenomenal outcomes'

    Paige Haeffele -
    Weight loss drugs, or glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists, seem to have taken the world of healthcare by storm — for better or for worse.

  3. 7 reasons physicians are leaving medicine: Healthgrades

    Riz Hatton -
    Twenty-six percent of physicians are thinking of exploring careers outside of medicine, a recent survey found.

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  1. Congress is harming Medicare patients with pay cuts, physicians say 

    Patsy Newitt -
    While physicians have been calling on Congress to reverse the 3.37% Medicare physician pay cuts that took effect Jan. 1, Congress chose not to halt the pay cut as it averted a government shutdown. 

  2. Why physicians are depressed

    Amelia Ickes -
    Job burnout is the leading factor fueling depression among physicians, according to Medscape's 2024 "Physician Burnout and Depression Report."

  3. The most burnt-out physician specialties

    Amelia Ickes -
    Emergency medicine is the most burnt-out physician specialty, according to Medscape's 2024 "Physician Burnout and Depression Report."

  4. Why physicians are burnt out

    Paige Haeffele -
    Excessive bureaucratic tasks are the most prominent cause of physician burnout, according to a recent survey by Medscape.

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  1. System to close Wisconsin physician offices, 2 hospitals 

    Patsy Newitt -
    Springfield, Ill.-based Hospital Sisters Health System will close two hospitals and all physician offices and health centers it operates in Western Wisconsin with multispecialty group Prevea Health. 

  2. Physicians and depression: 7 things to know

    Amelia Ickes -
    Sixty-three percent of physicians said they experienced colloquial depression while another 27% reported clinical depression in Medscape's 2024 "Physician Burnout and Depression Report," published Jan. 24.

  3. Missouri physician indicted for false Medicare statements

    Amelia Ickes -
    A Missouri physician has been indicted for allegedly making false statements in Medicare orders.

  4. Surgeon sues Pennsylvania hospital over termination

    Laura Dyrda -
    Yi Kao, MD, alleged his former employer, Mount Nittany Medical Center, wrongly terminated his privileges in a lawsuit filed Jan. 19, according to the Centre Daily Times.

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  1. Michigan medical practice owner convicted of aggravated identity theft

    Riz Hatton -
    An owner of three medical practices was convicted of aggravated identity theft for placing the name and address of another man with the same name in legal documents to avoid a settlement payment.

  2. The payer trend defining physician-owned hospitals 

    Patsy Newitt -
    Chris Roy, business development executive at Hutchinson, Kan.-based The Summit, joined Becker's to discuss the payer behavior challenging his physician-owned surgical hospital. 

  3. What physicians should know about healthcare's business side

    Patsy Newitt -
    For physicians looking to the business side of healthcare rather than the front lines of medicine, there are four key considerations that can help ensure success, according to a Jan. 22 Harvard Business Review article by Sachin Jain, MD, CEO of SCAN Health Plan. 

  4. IU chief health officer to helm policy group

    Paige Haeffele -
    Aaron Carroll, MD, chief health officer of Bloomington-based Indiana University, is stepping down from his role after being selected to serve as the next president and CEO of AcademyHealth, a Washington D.C.-based healthcare policy organization.

  5. City of Hope names chief clinical officer

    Amelia Ickes -
    Kristin Higgins, MD, has been appointed chief clinical officer of City of Hope Cancer Center Atlanta.

  6. States with the best healthcare for physician retirees

    Amelia Ickes -
    Minnesota is the state with the best healthcare for physician retirees, according to a Jan. 23 report from WalletHub.

  7. Idaho physician group to sell or close

    Paige Haeffele -
    Saltzer Health, a primary and specialty care group based in the Treasure Valley, Idaho region, plans to sell or end services by March 29. 

  8. What physicians need to know about the anesthesiologist shortage

    Riz Hatton -
    The shortage of anesthesia providers has had a significant impact on healthcare organizations across the country.

  9. Physician pay in the worst states to retire

    Amelia Ickes -
    Kentucky is the worst state to retire in, according to a Jan. 22 report from WalletHub.

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