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.
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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.
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.
The 10 richest Americans in healthcare this year, per Forbes
Ten people whose wealth is rooted in the healthcare industry made Forbes’ 2022 list of the 400 wealthiest Americans, based on data from September 2022:
Virginia physician to pay $50K for violating the Controlled Substances Act
Richmond, Va.-based physician Salman Akbar, MD, agreed to pay $50,000 in penalties for issuing prescriptions in violation of the Controlled Substances Act, the U.S. Justice Department said Sept. 29.
Practice admin gets 7 years for opioid distribution
Former Arlington, Va., physician’s office manager Candie Calix, 40, was sentenced to seven years in prison for her role as the ringleader of a decade-long oxycodone distribution network, the Justice Department said Sept. 28.
10 important benefits to offer employees
The majority of U.S. companies offer coveted employee benefits including mental health coverage, family care benefits and 401(k) plans, according to the Society for Human Resource Management’s “2022 Employee Benefits Survey” of 3,129 HR professionals.&…
California physician to pay $2.3M for illegal drug distribution
Santa Ana, Calif.-based physician Mohammed El-Nachef, MD, pleaded guilty to defrauding California’s Medi-Cal system by prescribing medically unnecessary drugs to more than 1,000 patients, The Telegraph reported Sept. 28.
51% of physicians believe substance, opioid misuse among colleagues increased during the COVID-19 pandemic
Fifty-one percent of physicians believe that opioid and substance misuse among other physicians increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Medscape’s 2022 “Substance and Opioid Abuse Report.”
Waiting on medical student loan forgiveness? 6 things to know about the process
The Biden administration announced a $20,000-per-individual student loan forgiveness program that will apply to around 8 million students nationwide. Here are six things to know about medical student loan forgiveness, according to a Sept. 27 report fro…
