Nearly 3.5 million people died in the U.S. in 2021, with 74.5 percent of those deaths attributed to 10 causes, according to a report by USA Facts, an organization that analyzes government data.

A number of healthcare workers recently have gone on strike or authorized strikes. Here are some of the persistent issues contributing to the employees' decisions to strike. 

As social media continues to grow in popularity among all age groups, it can be both a help and a hindrance for physicians. 

Dealing with difficult patients is the most challenging part of young physicians' jobs, according to Medscape's "Young Physician Compensation Report 2023."

Gardner, Mass.-based Heywood Healthcare has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection due to a variety of challenges that "hinder[ed] its sustainability."

South Carolina physician Moustafa Moustafa, MD, and his practice will pay $585,540 to resolve False Claims Act allegations that they received illegal kickbacks for referring patients for laboratory testing.

North Carolina physician Henry Emery, MD, has been charged with the alleged unlawful distribution of a controlled substance.

Two of AMN Healthcare's legacy brands — Merritt Hawkins and Staff Care — have merged into AMN Healthcare Physician Solutions.

An Ohio clinic director and her physician husband have been sentenced to prison after being convicted of falsely diagnosing dozens of patients with Alzheimer’s disease.

Here are five updates on UnitedHealth Group's Optum physicians should know that Becker's reported on in September:

Microhospital Avail Hospital Lake Charles (La.) is permanently closing Sept. 29.

Here are five updates from some of the U.S.' largest payers reported by Becker's since Sept. 21:

Wichita, Kan., is the city with the fewest family medicine physicians per capita, according to personal finance site WalletHub. 

Laredo, Texas, is the least expensive city to visit a physician, according to personal finance site WalletHub.

Two Houston pharmacists and a physician have been indicted on 13 counts for their roles in a multimillion-dollar healthcare fraud, kickback and money laundering scheme, NBC affiliate KPRC reported Sept. 26.

Here are four cases of physicians committing or accused of fraud that Becker's has reported since Sept. 6:

Laurent Duvernay-Tardif, MD, a medical doctor and NFL star, has announced his retirement from the NFL after playing as an offensive lineman for the Kansas City Chiefs for the last six years, according to a Sept. 21 report from CNN.

Chicago-based CommonSpirit Health has cut roughly 2,000 jobs following workforce reductions in the fourth quarter of the fiscal year, ending June 30.

Three health insurance companies have cut prior authorization requirements since Aug. 24:

Here are four cases with drug charges involving physicians reported by Becker's since Aug. 25: