Merritt Hawkins and AMN Healthcare laid out the most requested physician searches by specialty for 2022 in its “Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting Incentives.” The report is based on 2,695 physician and advanced practitioner search engagements conducted from April 1, 2021, to March 31.

Here’s the most requested physician searches by specialty, followed by their average annual salary, pulled from Medscape’s “Physician Compensation Report 2022.” 

Stay in the Know: In its 2022 “Physician Wealth & Debt Report,” Medscape surveyed physicians on their compensation and how they manage their money. Medscape surveyed more than 13,000 physicians in more than 29 specialties.

Here are six anonymous physicians’ cost cutting tactics:

The Department of Justice is suing Cigna over allegations it defrauded the Medicare program out of tens of millions of dollars by exaggerating patient illnesses to obtain increased monthly payments.

Payers can use hospital transparency data to gain insights regarding the rates hospitals have negotiated with other payers, which can be used during contract negotiations, BRG analysts say.

Working to keep independent, physician-owned medical practices just that – independent – nearly 400 anesthesiologists from three states have come together to create the Association for Independent Medicine (AIM).

With a significant increase in private equity-funded groups – “corporate medicine” – taking over independent practices and hospitals, the organization’s purpose is to support groups who choose to remain independent by providing information, education and political advocacy.

Beneficiaries may spend less on premiums, but care delays are common. Do worse outcomes follow? From their ads, Medicare Advantage (MA) plans may seem like a low-cost, easy, and efficient way for America’s seniors to get healthcare. But Barry, a recently retired software executive, tells a cautionary tale.

This year Eric S. Schwenk, MD, a professor of anesthesiology and orthopedic surgery at Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University, in Philadelphia, wrote seven questions on regional anesthesia and selected a panel of experts to answer them.

Stay in the Know: Governor Gavin Newsome signed California Assembly Bill 1278  which passed the assembly in late August and the State Senate in 2021.  AB 1278 would require physicians and surgeons (defined as a physician or surgeon licensed pursuant to the Medical Practice Act or an osteopathic physician or surgeon licensed by the Osteopathic Medical Board of California under the Osteopathic Act) to provide a written or electronic notice of the Open Payments database to a patient at the initial office visit.

Stay in the Know: Carlos Cubia has been charged with tackling inequity both within Beaumont-Spectrum Health and the community. Here’s where he’s starting first.

Stay in the Know: A 3-year-old child (Baby A) was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy after an emergency department visit for an upper respiratory infection. The child’s cardiologist recommended an ablation procedure on the child’s heart to treat the disorder. Baby A was admitted to a medical facility for the procedure in October 2010. The anesthesia team consisted of Dr D, the anesthesiologist, and Mr V, a Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist (CRNA). Dr D had his own anesthesiology practice but Mr V, the CRNA, was employed by the hospital.

Stay in the Know: Michigan’s Blue Cross Blue Shield branch is again facing antitrust accusations after a federal judge on Wednesday partially revived claims from a group of anesthesiologists that allege a decades-long scheme by the insurance company to dominate the anesthesiology market in the state.

A Baltimore anesthesiologist and her U.S. Army major spouse were federally indicted Wednesday in an alleged conspiracy to disclose health information to the Russian government to assist its war in Ukraine.