Maine's state medical board has withdrawn some of the allegations against Ellsworth-based physician Meryl Nass, MD, who could lose her license for prescribing hydroxychloroquine and ivermectin to COVID-19 patients, The Washington Times reported Oct. 7. 

House Bill 2429, a law sponsored by the Arizona Medical Association that offers counseling and wellness options for physicians, took effect this fall in Arizona after receiving nearly unanimous legislative support, according to an Oct. 7 report from the American Medical Association. 

When COVID-19 hit the U.S. in 2020, many healthcare workers were unprepared for its effects, both physical and financial. According to an Oct. 5 report in Forbes written by Devin Jopp, EdD, CEO of the Association for Professionals in Infection Control & Epidemiology, there are four steps leaders can take to prepare for future pandemics: 

The National Football League Players Association has dismissed a neurologist who approved Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa for gameplay after he sustained a head injury in a Sept. 25 game against the Buffalo Bills, according to an Oct. 1 report from The New York Times. 

Management service organization Physician's Business Office filed an official notice of a data breach Sept. 23 that could have affected more than 196,000 patients, according to a report from JDSupra. 

More than half of employed physicians don't plan to stay with their organizations over the next decade, according to Medscape's 2022 "Employed Physicians Report: Loving the Focus, Hating the Bureaucracy."

Texas ranks No. 1 with the highest predicted number of temporary physicians, according to a report from Definitive Healthcare. 

In its "Medical Student Lifestyle Report 2022," Medscape surveyed medical students on their expected debt after graduating. 

Early-career cardiologists (one to seven years in practice) make, on average, $56,300 more than early-career oncologists, based on data compiled from Medscape's 2022 salary explorer. 

Apollo Medical Holdings is set to acquire physicians group All American Medical Group and its affiliate For Your Benefit for an undisclosed amount.

 Here are seven cases of physicians suing their former employers Becker's ASC Review has covered since June 10:

Wolf Haldenstein Adler Freeman & Herz is investigating claims on behalf of patients whose data may have been stolen in a data breach at Goodman Campbell Brain and Spine in Carmel, Ind., the consumer rights law firm said Aug. 9.

Merritt Hawkins and AMN Healthcare's 2022 "Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting Incentives" laid out the starting salary of the most in-demand physician specialties. 

Becker's has reported on seven surgeons joining new practices or receiving new appointments across six reports since Aug. 1, including a urologist, two vascular surgeons and four gastroenterologists.

In Medscape's 2022 "Physicians Behaving Badly" report, released Aug. 19, physicians laid out the worst behavior they have witnessed from colleagues. 

Orange County, N.Y.-based Garnet Health is closing four physician practices and laying off 29 employees, according to a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification filed with the state of New York.

Medscape's 2022 physician and taxes report shows that most physicians in the country are taxed in the top 10 percent of workers in the country, and the majority of physicians feel as though they are overtaxed. 

Optum acquired Houston-based Kelsey-Seybold for around $2 billion, according to the Star Tribune.

Physicians are expecting to see a 4.42 percent pay cut in January with the proposed 2023 Medicare physician payment schedule, and paired with rising operating costs and inflation, this could further destabilize Medicare, according to a Sept. 8 article from the American Medical Association. 

Data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has predicted how job openings will grow for seven medical specialties, including ophthalmology and nurse anesthetists, between 2021 and 2031.