Here are four physician fraud cases that Becker's has reported on since Aug. 7:

A Los Angeles Superior Court jury has ordered Los Angeles County to pay over $600,000 to a physician who alleged workplace retaliation in a recent lawsuit, The Daily Breeze reported Aug. 30.

Since 1965, the government and commercial insurance sectors have adopted the term "provider" to refer to entities that can receive Medicare payments, including physicians, according to an Aug. 22 report from the American Medical Association. 

Brown University's Warren Alpert Medical School in Providence, R.I., will no longer submit data to U.S. News & World Report for its medical school ranking system starting in 2024.

Lincare Holdings, a chemical company that provides oxygen equipment to patients with respiratory issues, has agreed to pay $29 million and perform corrective actions to resolve allegations of fraudulently overbilling Medicare. 

A Tennessee physician was sentenced to seven years in federal prison after being convicted of 13 felony healthcare fraud charges.

Fifty-eight percent of medical groups review their payer contracts annually, according to the Medical Group Management Association's Aug. 15 Stat poll.

The Medicare Shared Savings Program saved Medicare $1.8 billion in 2022 compared to spending targets for the year.

CVS Health will  eliminate 5,000 "non-customer-facing positions" across nine states, which represent about 2 percent of CVS' workforce of about 300,000 people nationwide.

Half of employed physicians are very satisfied or satisfied with their autonomy, according to Medscape's "Employed Physicians Report 2023."

Cigna Healthcare removed prior authorization requirements from more than 600 medical codes — nearly 25 percent of services.

Over 1,100 physicians in Tennessee have signed a petition calling on elected officials to enact stronger gun safety legislation in the state, ABC affiliate WKRN reported Aug. 21.

Hawaii is the worst state for physicians and nurses, according to personal finance site WalletHub. 

Montana is the best state for physicians while Washington is the best state for nurses, according to personal finance site WalletHub.

A study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings found physicians are at a higher risk of suicide than the general population, with suicide rates in the general population hitting an all-time high in 2022, according to the CDC. 

Iowa was found to be the best state to retire in 2023, according to financial website Bankrate.

Iowa was found to be the best state to retire in 2023 while Alaska was found to be the worst, according to financial website Bankrate.

From financial challenges to declining admissions, here are four hospitals that filed for bankruptcy, closed or announced plans to close so far in August:

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro and Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt are taking steps to implement the Nurse Licensure Compact, which allows nurses with multistate licenses issued by 40 other states to practice in Pennsylvania. 

The insurance lobby persuaded federal officials to allow insurers to charge physicians for being paid electronically, according to an Aug. 21 report from Medscape.