Justin LaMonda, MD, a physician based in Moberly, Mo., pleaded guilty to a $537,322 fraud scheme, admitting he used his father’s name to falsely bill Medicare and Medicaid, the Justice Department said March 14.
Physicians are dealing with burnout at record rates, brought on by a number of factors, including increased administrative burdens, inadequate support to mitigate obstacles and the “archaic” prior authorization process, according to a recent article by…
About 87 percent of physicians support the Federal Trade Commission’s proposed rule that would ban employers from imposing noncompete contracts, according to a March Doximity poll of 4,853 practicing physicians.
For patients whose treatment requires prior authorization, the process delays access to necessary medical care from physicians 94 percent of the time, according to a March 14 survey of 1,001 physicians conducted by the American Medical Association.
The U.S. government is suing pharmacy chain Rite Aid alleging that it ignored “obvious red flags” when filling opioid prescriptions between 2014 and 2019, according to a March 14 report from The Washington Post.