Randall Tobler, MD, is suing Memphis, Mo.-based Scotland County Hospital for slander and defamation after he was allegedly wrongfully terminated as CEO, ABC and CBS affiliate KHQA reported March 9.
Scottsdale, Ariz., has been named the most affordable location to retire, according to a report from financial website Moneywise that considered factors including city cost of living, housing and healthcare costs.
Houston-based psychiatrist Ashok Jain, MD, has agreed to pay $3 million to settle claims that he billed Medicare for unnecessary transcranial magnetic stimulation services, according to a March 9 report from Medscape.
South Carolina lawmakers have introduced Senate Bill 553, which would allow physician assistants with 6,000 hours of training to practice without a supervising physician.
As hospitals sever service lines, physician pay continues to drop and supply chain disruptions persist, healthcare industry professionals see both opportunities and challenges going forward.
The University of Washington in Seattle, the top ranked primary care university for 2023, will cost full-time students around $39,906 a year to attend, according to data from U.S. News and World Report.