Fortune and Great Place to Work released their annual list of the "Best Workplaces in Health Care" on Sept. 6, with nine health systems making the list.

Richard Freeman, former CEO of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton (N.J.), filed a lawsuit accusing the hospital of refusing to abide by its contractual obligations in response to his "malicious and unlawful" termination, according to court documents reviewed by Becker's.

Here are five stats on the physician workforce in 2023 that physicians should know:

Hyong Kim, MD, will return as chief medical officer of Orange, Calif.-based Alignment Health beginning Sept. 25.

Chicago physician Benjamin Toh, MD, has been convicted for his participation in a $9.5 million healthcare fraud conspiracy.

Sound Physicians founder Robert Bessler, MD, has stepped down from his role as CEO to serve as a member of the organization's board of directors.

Here are five moves from CMS that Becker's has reported on since September 1: 

At least 52 percent of hospitalists reported a family net worth exceeding the national average of $748,800, according to Medscape's "Hospitalist Wealth and Debt Report" released Sept. 5. 

Here are five stats on physician compensation in 2023 that physicians should know:

COVID-19 hospitalizations have risen 15.7 percent and deaths have increased by 17.6 percent, according to the CDC's most recent data spanning Aug. 20-26.

CMS has unveiled a new model that aims to address chronic disease, behavioral health and other medical conditions to promote health equity, increase access to primary care services, set health expenditures on a more sustainable trajectory and lower costs for patients. 

Reading books can help physicians better understand how to care for patients from different backgrounds. It can also help them learn how to navigate increasingly complicated healthcare landscapes. 

Franck Rahaghi, MD, will take over as president, CEO and chief medical officer of The Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation, effective Sept. 15. 

The workforce has cycled through various trends in recent months, and healthcare is no exception. 

As physician burnout remains at an all-time high, healthcare organizations need to be constantly aware of where they stand with their specialists. 

Jennifer Cohen, MD, has been named chief medical officer for the Connecticut Institute for Communities, The Middletown Press reported Sept. 3. 

Emergency medicine has the most burnt-out providers, according to a survey conducted by the American Medical Association.

Here are the driving causes behind physician misbehavior, according to Medscape's "2023 Physician Behavior Report," based on a survey of 1,671 physicians across 29 specialties:

Here is how employed physicians are compensated, according to Medscape's "Employed Physicians Report 2023."

Fifty-four percent of employed physicians are content with their work-life balance, according to a report from Medscape.