Here are five numbers physicians should monitor:

Nursing shortages continue to be a pressing issue for healthcare leaders as hospitals, ASCs and specialty care sites are still struggling with retention. 

While the average general surgeon makes $412,000 a year in the U.S., the highest-paid general surgeons in New York City earn $1,104,500, according to data from Medscape's salary reporter.

Here are four prior authorization updates Becker's has reported on since Aug. 3:

An Aug. 15 issue of The Joint Commission's publication Sentinel Event Alert warns of a rise in healthcare-related cybersecurity attacks, with more than 51.9 million patient records exposed in 2022 alone. 

Here are six cases with drug charges involving physicians reported by Becker's since July 7:

There are a lot of considerations for students to make when thinking about going to medical school, including how they will finance their education. 

South Dakota, North Dakota, Alaska, Wyoming and Nebraska are the top five states for physician pay, according to an analysis published Aug. 11 by The Washington Post. 

More than 500 physicians and practitioners at Minneapolis-based Allina Health organization notified the National Labor Relations Board of their intent to unionize, the Star Tribune reported Aug. 11.

Orthopedic surgeons have the highest starting salary of any physician specialty, starting at $633,000, according to AMN Healthcare's "2023 Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting Incentives" report released July 24.

Here are 10 healthcare moves made by Amazon that Becker's has reported on since July 14:

Here are seven medical school updates reported by Becker's since July 7:

A new analysis from attorneys at Columbus, Ohio-based Fitch Law Firm has identified the 10 most dangerous jobs in America, with two healthcare-related jobs making the list. 

Springfield, Ill.-based Memorial Health has laid off 20 percent of leadership positions and hundreds of employees due to "current national and statewide economic trends," the Jacksonville Journal-Courier reported Aug. 8.

Maryland physician Ron Elfenbein, MD, has been convicted by a federal jury for submitting over $15 million in false and fraudulent claims for patients who were tested for COVID-19 at his testing sites.

Hospitalist pay increased at a much higher rate than it did for U.S. physicians in general in 2022, according to an Aug. 2 compensation report from Medscape. 

Here are eight healthcare fraud cases Becker's has reported on since July 20:

Outsourcing certain staffing needs has become more commonplace in medical practices as staffing shortages persist. In 2017, outsourced "virtual assistants" in healthcare increased by 36 percent, according to a July 31 report from Medscape.

Here are six Optum moves Becker's reported on in July:

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.