Here are four physicians involved in legal cases Becker's has reported on since March 9:

Raleigh Smith, MD, has had his license restricted by the Texas Medical Board for violating several rules, NBC affiliate KRIS 6 News reported March 15. 

Francisco Ortiz and James Brooks Mersing, MD, have been charged in connection with a theft of more than $650,000 from their former employer, Wedgewood Physicians in Morgantown, W.Va.

Illinois physician Mona Ghosh, MD, was indicted on 13 counts of healthcare fraud by a federal grand jury, according to a March 14 report from Fox affiliate WFLD.

George Barrio, MD, has agreed to pay $225,000 to settle allegations that he overprescribed controlled substances to patients.

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Former Pennsylvania physician John Keun Sang Lee, MD, was sentenced in federal court March 7 after being convicted for healthcare fraud.

There are over 500,000 practicing physicians in the U.S., according to 2022 data from consumer data platform Statista.

Medford, Ore.-based health system Asante is warning patients that their medical records may have been accessed by an unauthorized physician over the span of nine years, according to a March 8 report from The HIPAA Journal.

A proposed bill would allow Oklahoma's governor to directly appoint members of the board that decides who gets a license to practice medicine in the state and regulates physicians, NPR affiliate KOSU reported March 6. 

Columbia University in New York City has received a $175 gift to establish the Vagelos Institute for Biomedical Research.

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A quarter of Massachusetts physicians are planning to leave medicine in coming years, according to the Massachusetts Medical Society's "Supporting MMS Physicians' Well-Being Report." 

Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, N.C., has received four grants from the Duke Endowment totaling over $1.1 million to improve health in communities across the state.

Kurt Peterson, DO, has joined the team of specialists at Phoenix-based Advanced Fertility Care. 

James Luketich, MD, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and University of Pittsburgh Physicians have finalized a settlement agreement to resolve a lawsuit filed against them in September 2021.

Meg Arboleda, MD, Brianna Hitchner, DO, and Jona Lamphier, DO, will now practice at Hugh Chatham Health-Family Medicine and Obstetrics in Elkin, N.C., the Elkin Tribune reported March 1. 

Patricia Lopez Po, MD, and Xavier Muñoz, DO, have joined MDVIP, a membership-based healthcare network, as family medicine physicians. 

Becker's has reported on five physicians charged with fraud charges since Feb. 3:

Former Oklahoma City physician Harvey Jenkins has pleaded guilty to Medicaid fraud and multiple drug offenses.