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10 highest-paying cities for midcareer, late-career ophthalmologists
Atlanta is the highest-paying U.S. city for midcareer (eight to 14 years of experience) ophthalmologists, while New York City is the highest-paying city for late-career (22 to 28 years) physicians in the specialty, based on data compiled from Medscape’…
7 signs you are being ‘quiet fired’
Eighty-three percent of Americans reported seeing or facing “quiet firing” in the workplace in the last year, according to a Sept. 30 report from CNBC.
Where physicians see patients having trouble paying medical bills
In its 2022 “Physicians Rate Healthcare Access Report.” Medscape laid out the regions where physicians are reporting patients having difficulty paying bills over the last 5 years.
SCA Health, USPI antitrust suit moving forward, judge rules
A federal judge ruled an antitrust suit, filed by former employees of Deerfield, Ill.-based SCA Health, can move forward against Dallas-based Tenet Healthcare, DaVita and UnitedHealth Group affiliates, Bloomberg Law reported Sept. 27.
The richest US physician has a $17B net worth
A physician with a net worth of $17 billion made Forbes’ 2022 list of the 400 wealthiest Americans, based on data from September 2022.
Pennsylvania practice adds New Jersey ASC, expands surgical team
Dermatology of Philadelphia expanded into New Jersey with an ASC in Marlton, ROI NJ reported Sept. 29.
10 highest-paying cities for mid-career, late-career gastroenterologists
Dallas is the highest-paying U.S. city for mid-career (eight to 14 years) gastroenterologists, while Atlanta is the highest-paying city for late-career (22 to 28 years) gastroenterologists, based on data compiled from Medscape’s 2022 salary reporter.&n…
5 Optum, SCA Health leaders to know
Here are five leaders to know from Optum and its subsidiary and ASC chain SCA Health, pulled from the companies’ websites:
45% of workers earning over 6 figures report living paycheck to paycheck
Forty-five percent of workers earning over six figures a year report that they are living from paycheck to paycheck, up from 38 percent last year, according to a Sept. 30 report from CNBC.
Anesthesiologist charged with plotting to leak confidential medical information to Russia
Anesthesiologist Anna Gabrielian, MD, and her spouse, U.S. Army doctor Jamie Lee Henry, MD, were arrested for allegedly plotting to give Russia confidential medical information about members of the U.S. military and the U.S. government, according to a …
