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NY Nurse Practitioners Sue State Over Pay Equity, Alleged Gender Inequality
Lawsuit alleges that NPs in NY state are depended on, but not paid adequately for their work.
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Government Accuses Health System of Paying Docs Outrageous Salaries for Patient Referrals
Tennessee-based Erlanger Health System changed its compensation model to entice revenue-generating doctors.
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Plastic Surgeon to Pay $5 Million for Restriction of Negative Reviews, Directing Fake Reviews
Surgeon’s actions, including having staff post positive fake reviews, violated federal consumer fairness law, says ruling.
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Feds May End Hospital System’s Noncompete Contract for Part-Time Docs
NLRB issued a complaint against Mount Sinai Health System for contracts that request confidentiality, bar docs from poaching.
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Time Warp: Fax Machines Still Common in Oncology Practice. Why?
Oncologists are among the many specialists across the country at the mercy of telecopiers.
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Engineering Mind Helps Investigator Develop New Cancer Therapies
Leading colorectal cancer investigator Dr. Scott Kopetz discusses his unusual start to medicine and how his engineering background helped him make...
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Plastic Surgeon Illegally Restricted Negative Reviews, Judge Rules
He required them to sign nondisclosure agreements before they received care.
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What’s Driving the Higher Breast Cancer Death Rate in Black Women?
New research suggests that racial disparities in breast cancer are driven by more than socioeconomic factors.
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Surgeon Claims Colleague Made False Board Complaints to Get Him Fired
Kaiser Permanente surgeon claims colleague made claims within the hospital and to medical board that harmed his reputation.
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Older, Breastfeeding Mothers Face Differing Advice About Mammograms
Most national guidelines support routine mammograms for breastfeeding moms, but protocols in the practice setting may differ.
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Extraordinary Patients Inspired Father of Cancer Immunotherapy
Renowned researcher, Dr. Steven A. Rosenberg, describes his path to pioneering the use of immunotherapies in treating cancer.
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New Cancer Surgical Tech Gets Positive Vote, But Some Cite Safety Concerns
An FDA committee majority voted in support of a new drug-device combination that detects residual cancer, but some are not convinced the benefits...
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Judge Won’t Overturn Invalidated USMLE Scores
USMLE scores for a group of more than 800 Nepalese medical grads will not be restored, says judge.
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Is Mammography Ready for AI? Opinions Mixed on Usage, Cost Methods
Patients can pay to get their mammograms read by AI.
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Nepali IMG Sues NBME for Invalidating USMLE Scores in Cheating Scandal
In the latest development in an ongoing NBME scandal, a graduate sued after her test scores were thrown out based on alleged cheating.