Category: News & Analysis

From increased access to free birth control to the end of mpox’s national public health emergency status, here are five federal healthcare updates Becker’s has reported on since Jan. 30:

Fifty-seven percent of physicians practicing in outpatient clinics reported experiencing burnout, according to Medscape’s 2023 “U.S. Physician Burnout and Depression Report.”

Forty-five percent of physicians said increased compensation would help with burnout, according to Medscape’s 2023 “U.S. Physician Burnout and Depression Report.”

Here are six legal battles involving physicians that Becker’s has reported on since Jan. 5:

Here are five federal healthcare updates Becker’s has reported on since Jan. 11:

Kentucky is the worst state to retire, according to personal finance site WalletHub. 

Virginia is the best state to retire, according to personal finance site WalletHub. 

From a decline in flu activity to an increase in physician wait times, here are five federal healthcare updates Becker’s has reported on since Jan. 6:

From an increase in U.S. healthcare spending to a proposed rule that could save $454 million a year in administrative costs, here are five federal healthcare updates Becker’s has reported on since Dec. 20:

Alfonso Luevano, MD, a primary care physician in Carrizo Springs, Texas, along with three members of his clinical staff and his office manager, were sentenced for unlawful distribution of controlled substances and Medicaid fraud, the Justice Department…