A California jury has awarded $14 million to a former University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) oncologist who claimed she was paid thousands less than her male colleagues and constructively terminated after her complaints of gender-based harassment and intimidation were ignored by program leadership.
Car accidents are an unfortunate reality of modern life, often leading to personal injury cases involving a range of medical professionals, from chiropractors to physical therapists, pain doctors, and personal injury lawyers.
This month, Oregon's Governor Tina Kotek signed a bill into law that officially changed the title of "physician assistants" to "physician associates" in the state.
I have been writing for a while about how the DEA will run out of targets for opioid prosecutions because most doctors are too terrified to treat pain, and now it looks like it has happened.
Primary care physician compensation surpassed $300,000 last year as doctor practices and the healthcare industry grapple with staffing issues in a tight labor market.
Lawmakers are considering removing a provision of the Affordable Care Act that limits expansion and opening of physician-owned hospitals, reported May 13. About 4% of hospitals are owned by physicians, or 250 to 265 nationally.
If you are a fan of pharma, you might want to skip this article. Some pharma enthusiasts will call it a rant. By pharma, I mean avaricious pharmaceutical (a pleonasm) companies collectively.
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