Here are five federal telehealth updates from 2023, according to a July 31 report from JDSupra:

Darrell Gray, MD, has been named president of Wellpoint Maryland, the leading coordinator of Medicaid managed healthcare benefits in the state and a subsidiary of Elevance Health.

A Fort Worth, Texas-based physician is facing charges for treating a patient's COVID-19 with ivermectin, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported July 28. 

Here are 15 physicians who took on C-suite roles in July:

Washington, D.C., has the highest number of practicing physicians per capita, according to personal finance site WalletHub. 

Idaho has the fewest practicing physicians per capita, according to personal finance site WalletHub. 

Here are four state and federal policy moves impacting physicians that Becker's reported on in July:

Three biotechnology companies have named new chief medical officers.

Clinical research company WGC appointed Donna Synder, MD, executive physician.

Here are the 50 states and District of Columbia ranked by "healthy lives," according to data from the Commonwealth Fund. The metric includes measures of premature death, health status, health risk behaviors and factors, and tooth loss.

Here are nine leadership updates Becker's has reported on since July 17:

Here are five stories pointing toward private equity growth Becker's reported on in July:

James Manazer, MD, the former chief of surgery at Adena Health System in Chillicothe, Ohio, is suing the health system for wrongful termination and defamation, according to an NBC4 report.

A Washington physician has had his license restricted after the state's medical commission found he prescribed ivermectin to five patients for COVID-19, The Chronicle reported July 26. 

Castle Connolly has named the top 66 LGBTQ+ physicians in the U.S. for 2023 in partnership with Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ Equality. 

Kelvin A. Baggett, MD, has been appointed managing director of Patient Square Capital's newly established EMPIRIC Institute.

While medical school will teach students many of the clinical skills needed to be a physician, there are certain skills, including social skills and communication skills, every student should have in their toolkit when entering medical school, according to a July 27 article on the American Medical Association website.

Patients in Maryland will wait the longest on average before being treated in an emergency room setting, according to a new study conducted by Med.ro and sent to Becker's on July 27 that analyzed the average wait time from when patients arrive at the emergency room to when they are called in to be treated. 

Ira Monka, DO, has been named the 127th president of the American Osteopathic Association.

Here are five statistics that paint a picture of the current state of physician compensation.