Physicians

While some doctors seem eager for a huge payoff, others are warily watching what happens when private equity firms take charge of orthopedic practices.

Doctors, consumer advocates, and some lawmakers are looking forward to a California lawsuit against private equity-backed Envision Healthcare. The case is part of a multistate effort to enforce rules banning corporate ownership of physician practices.

JU will partner with Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, which will build a facility in the university's medical mall, officials said.

Several private equity firms are swarming into aging America’s eye care, and the consolidation is costing the health care system and patients more money. Some of the groups include Florida practices in their networks.

State and federal laws require health plans to offer accurate lists of participating doctors and facilities, but consumers still struggle to get timely appointments with providers.

The state Supreme Court approved a request by the Florida Hospital Association, Florida Medical Association and American Medical Association to file a brief supporting an attempt by UF and Shands to short-circuit the lawsuit.

Trauma surgeons say that the weapons used in mass shootings are not new but that more of these especially deadly guns are on the street, causing injuries that are difficult to survive.

The Association of American Medical Colleges plans to roll out new diversity, equity, and inclusion standards aimed at teaching doctors, among other things, how to treat patients who are overweight with respect.

Insurers say prior authorization requirements are intended to reduce wasteful and inappropriate health care spending. But they can baffle patients waiting for approval. And doctors say that insurers have yet to follow through on commitments to improve the process.

Growing up in a family of casino workers in Nevada, Samantha Marazita said she never pictured herself as the type to go to med school. Now she is being awarded her MD, as part of the inaugural class of Nova Southeastern's of Allopathic Medicine.

About 400 doctors die by suicide in the United States each year in a profession that dissuades them from speaking up about burnout or depression and seeking help. A nonprofit is trying to change the culture.

The bill, approved by the Senate after changes by the House, would ease restrictions on doctors prescribing controlled substances through telehealth.