Delegates at the interim meeting of the American Medical Association's House of Delegates discussed a national ban on corporate control of practices by those outside of medicine.

Jesse Ehrenfeld, MD, president of the American Medical Association, urged members to contact congressional representatives in an effort to eliminate looming Medicare pay cuts. He made the push during his speech at the 2023 AMA Interim Meeting on Nov. 10, according to an article on the association's website. 

Here are five studies that affect physicians that Becker's has reported on since Oct. 18:

Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin, who suffered cardiac arrest on the field during a January NFL game, has launched a scholarship program as a thank you to the medical staff at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center who treated him in the wake of his injury, according to a Nov. 9 report from CBS News. 

Here are six cases centering on False Claims Act violations, as reported by Becker's since Oct. 2:

A surgical team at NYU Langone Health in New York City completed the world's first whole eye and partial face transplant.

The average cost of employing a provider full time in the third quarter of this year was $611,194, representing a rising cost of labor, according to data from Kaufman Hall.

House Republicans wrote a letter to the FDA seeking an explanation for ongoing supply chain issues and drug shortages, The Hill reported Nov. 3. 

Recent changes in reporting of medical debt has eliminated medical debt in collections from approximately 15 million Americans in the last year, according to data from Urban Institute, a nonprofit research organization.

Below are seven physicians who have been involved or are allegedly involved in healthcare fraud cases reported by Becker's since Oct. 17.

Here are seven health systems making job cuts that Becker's has reported on in October:

A Louisiana physician has been convicted of income tax evasion.

The physician assistant program at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Conn., has been placed on accreditation probation.

Here are six moves on Epic's operations, software products and partnerships physicians should know that Becker's has covered in October:

Allentown, Pa.-based Lehigh Valley Health Network has eliminated approximately 240 positions as part of restructuring.

A Florida pain management physician has agreed to pay $1.5 million to resolve allegations that he violated the False Claims Act by submitting claims for fentanyl prescriptions that were medically unnecessary and written in exchange for kickback payments.

Healthcare workers reported more days of poor mental health and were more likely to report burnout in 2022 than in 2018, according to data published Oct. 24 by the CDC.

Here are five UnitedHealth market and leadership moves physicians should know that Becker's has reported on in October:

Eighty-seven million patients in the U.S. had confidential health information breached in 2023, more than double that of last year, according to a report by Atlas VPN, an internet encryption company. 

Metairie, La.-based physician Alex Glotser, MD, has pleaded guilty to submitting $5.6 million of fraudulent claims to Medicare for medically unnecessary equipment and genetic testing.