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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More than 60 ASCs were recognized as “high performing” in the field of urology, according to U.S. News & World Report’s annual “Best Ambulatory Surgery Centers” list. U.S. News evaluated 708 urology ASCs for the rankings. Urology outpatient services offered at ASCs include surgical treatment for kidney stones, enlarged prostate glands, urinary incontinence, erectile dysfunction, […]
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Physicians practicing in Mississippi earn the highest annual salary, based on cost of living, according to a new report from personal finance website WalletHub, published March 18. On average, family medicine physicians have a median salary of $225,000 annually, according to the report. WalletHub collected salary data from a number of sources, including the U.S. […]
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A physician in Chattanooga, Tenn., and his practice in Ringgold, Ga., will pay $700,000 to resolve allegations that they submitted false claims to Medicare for medically unnecessary chelation therapy. According to a March 14 news release from the Department of Justice, from September 2009 to January 2017, Robert Burkich, MD, allegedly billed Medicare for administering […]
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Nearly 42% of adults in the U.S. are considered obese, according to a March 17 report from personal finance website WalletHub. Obesity-related medical treatments now cost the U.S. an estimated $190.2 billion annually. WalletHub looked at 100 of the most populated U.S. metro areas across 19 metrics to determine the 100 most overweight cities in […]
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A Lake Forest, Ill., physician has pleaded guilty to tax evasion for hiding assets and lying to the IRS about his ability to pay approximately $1.6 million in taxes. What happened? What’s next?
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