North Dakota is the highest-paying state for physicians. 

One of the biggest contenders in the race to acquire physicians, Walmart will open four healthcare centers in the Houston area this month and four more later this year, the Houston Chronicle reported April 2.

Ali Khan, MD, was appointed as vice president and Medicare chief medical officer for Aetna, CVS Health's payer subsidiary.

Optum and its parent company, UnitedHealth Group, employ approximately 90,000 physicians in total, making it the largest employer of physicians in the U.S. — but that did not occur overnight.

Justin Lundbye, MD, was named president of Catholic Health's Good Samaritan University Hospital in West Islip, N.Y.

Nineteen physicians currently serve as legislators in the 118th Congress — four in the senate and 15 in the House of Representatives.

Being an employed physician comes with several advantages, but practicing this way has drawbacks as well.

CMS finalized a slight cut in Medicare Advantage benchmark payments for 2025, according to a final rate notice published April 1. 

The University of Toledo (Ohio) board of trustees will lend the University of Toledo Physicians $7.5 million to cover cash-flow issues brought on by the Change Healthcare cyberattack, The Blade reported April 1. 

The CEO of Franklin, Tenn.-based Community Health Systems is paid more than $1.3 million a year, according to an SEC filing. 

Becker's connected with nine physicians to discuss the risks the increasing number of physicians electing not to accept payments from Medicare pose to care delivery as a whole.

Legislators who spoke at the American Medical Association National Advocacy Conference encouraged physicians to continue to advocate for reform to address some of healthcare's biggest policy issues.

A total of 32 physicians have left Optum-owned Oregon Medical Group in Eugene in the last two years, The Oregonian reported March 28.

Healthcare is full of excitement and ripe for change. 

Artificial intelligence has been a hot topic in healthcare and for good reason.

Here's what to know about the five richest physicians in the U.S., as of March 28:

Walgreens posted a nearly $6 billion loss in the second quarter of 2024, a steep loss that beat estimates, according to a March 28 release from the company.

Susan Parisi, MD, serves as the inaugural chief wellness officer for Danville, Pa.-based Geisinger.

Artificial intelligence has piqued the interest of physicians nationwide.

Autonomy is on many physicians' minds as the workforce becomes increasingly consolidated and the number of employed physicians grows.