As technology is rapidly evolving, especially in the medical field, here are eight healthcare tech trends to keep an eye on in 2023, per physician search and employment firm Merritt Hawkins.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts has added three physician groups to its primary care network.

Atlanta is the best city to start a career while New York City is the worst, according to personal finance site WalletHub.

Howard University in Washington, D.C., was named the most diverse medical school, according to U.S. News and World Report's "Best Medical Schools" list for 2023-24. 

Ndudi Aniemeka, MD, owner of Chicago-based Boycin Medical Clinic, and his wife and clinical administrator Obiageli Aniemeka, must pay more than $3 million for home health agency kickbacks and Medicare fraud, the Justice Department said May 16.

Over 100 medical and physician groups, including the American Association of Orthopedic Surgeons, the American Medical Association and the Digestive Health Physicians Association, authored a May 3 letter to members of the U.S. House of Representatives urging the passage of HR 2474, the Strengthening Medicare for Patients and Providers Act. 

Insurers offer physicians ways to earn discounts on the size of medical malpractice premiums, according to a May 10 report from Medscape.

The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has extended its pandemic-era controlled drug rules, which were set to end May 11 with the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency, according to a May 10 report from Medscape.

Physicians for Human Rights has issued a statement commending the American College of Emergency Physicians' policy reversal on use of the diagnosis "excited delirium."

Northeast Medical Group and Yale New Haven Health Service Corp. have entered into a civil settlement agreement to resolve allegations that they overbilled federal Medicare and Connecticut Medicaid programs.

Kansas physician Gautam Jayaswal, MD, has admitted to his role in a telemedicine fraud scheme.

COVID-19 changed the American public in several ways over the last three years. Importantly, it showed persistent gaps in U.S. public health infrastructure, and the importance of improving emergency responses for future global health events. 

Michigan podiatrist Kenneth Mitchell, DPM, has been sentenced to seven years in prison for orchestrating a healthcare fraud conspiracy that involved nearly $2 million in false and fraudulent Medicare claims, in addition to identity theft and false records.

Rochelle Walensky, MD, is stepping down as director of the CDC.

The American Hospital Association — a healthcare advocacy organization with 5,000 member hospitals, 270,000 affiliated physicians, 2 million nurses and 43,000 healthcare leaders — has penned a letter to the U.S. Senate to support the Medical Student Education Authorization Act. 

The American College of Physicians has issued a statement condemning the May 3 shooting at Northside Hospital Medical Midtown in Atlanta that left one dead and four injured.

Beverly Hills, Cal.-based plastic surgeon Joel Aronowitz, MD, has agreed to pay $23.9 million to settle allegations he submitted false claims to Medicare and Medicaid.

Envision Healthcare, a physician services company, was awarded $91.2 million in its arbitration against United Healthcare for underpayment of essential medical care from 2017 to 2018 while the two had an in-network agreement.

Two Canadian provinces, Nova Scotia and Ontario, have lifted board certification requirements for physicians licensed to practice in the U.S. in anticipation of a 44,000 physician shortage, according to a May 1 report from Medscape.

New York City-based NYU Langone Health has partnered with Islip, N.Y.-based South Shore Neurologic Associates, creating three NYU Langone South Shore Neurologic Associates locations in Patchogue, Riverhead and Islip.