A new study has found that physicians in Illinois have the highest malpractice payments in the country, The Center Square reported March 21. Using data from the National Practitioner Data Bank, researchers from Noll-Law.com found that the average payment in Illinois is $746,186. Massachusetts was second at $690,405. Minnesota was the only other Midwestern state […]
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Here are three updates on physicians facing in lawsuits since March 13, as reported by Becker’s: 1. An Iowa appeals court has sided with Matthew Kettman, MD, after he was sued for defamation by a former Cedar Falls police officer who resigned amid a prescription painkiller investigation. 2. Tonya Becker, RN, a former employee of […]
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An Iowa appeals court has sided with a physician who was sued for defamation by a former Cedar Fall police officer who resigned amid a prescription painkiller investigation, Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier reported March 20. What happened?
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A nurse practitioner in West Virginia has pleaded guilty to four counts of healthcare fraud, according to a March 19 news release from the Justice Department. What happened? What’s next?
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U.S. News & World Report collaborated with CareJourney to evaluate more than 4,300 surgery centers in four specialties for its 2025 Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers ratings. The specialties included colonoscopy and endoscopy, ophthalmology, orthopedics and spine and urology. The publication used factors such as cost of complications, emergency department visits and inpatient admissions to rank […]
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Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Hand & Plastic Surgery Centre, which does business as Elite Plastic Surgery, has reported a data breach affecting 19,846 individuals. According to the notice, posted to ClassAction.org, Elite Plastic Surgery detected an unauthorized party attempting to access its computer network Jan. 29. The breach was addressed and investigated with the support of […]
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Kansas City, Mo.-based Sunflower Medical Group is facing a class-action lawsuit for allegedly failing to protect patient and employee data, resulting in a cybersecurity breach that exposed sensitive, personally identifiable information and protected health information, according to court documents accessed by Becker’s. What happened? What’s next?
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Massachusetts has the highest physician-to-population ratio, according to the 2023 Association of American Medical Colleges State Physician Workforce Data Report, the latest available. Here are the physicians per capital in all 50 states State Total active physicians Active physicians per 100,000 Massachusetts 32,116 466 Maryland 23,791 393.5 New York 75,749 389.4 Vermont 2,410 386.2 Rhode […]
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U.S. News & World Report has named the top ASCs for 2025 across four specialties: colonoscopy and endoscopy, orthopedics and spine, ophthalmology, and urology. The publication recognized the ASCs as “high performing,” evaluating nearly 5,000 ASCs. It factors in Medicare data to review complications, emergency room visits, unplanned hospitalizations and other undesirable outcomes. View the […]
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Mississippi is expected to have the lowest physician competition for job positions by 2032, according to a March 18 report from personal finance website WalletHub. Mississippi was also named the highest paying state for physicians when factoring in the average cost of living. WalletHub collected physician employment data from a number of sources, including the […]
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