A new California law requires physicians to provide patients with several forms of notices about the Open Payments database starting in January, according to an article by attorneys Lara Compton and Rachel Yount published by Lexology on Oct. 11.
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Altamonte Springs, Fla.-based AdventHealth was approved by the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education Oct. 11 to launch an internal medicine residency program at AdventHealth Tampa.
The American Medical Association recently adopted a policy supporting fertility preservation for physicians in training.
An Arizona house bill that recently became law allows the Arizona Medical Association to run a confidential peer-support physician wellness program, the American Medical Association reported Oct. 7.
Kirk Kerkorian Medical Education building at University of Nevada, Las Vegas hosted a ribbon cutting on Oct. 5, The Nevada Independent reported.
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Physician assistant programs fall short of engaging Black students, according to a new study from researchers at the Dallas-based University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Minneapolis-based Augsburg University.
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center's College of Medicine in Knoxville appointed Robert Craft, MD, interim dean Oct. 7.
Cleveland Clinic will receive a $30 million gift from the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation for leadership and innovation efforts, the organization said Oct. 6.
Physicians are speaking out against a new California law that could revoke their licenses for spreading COVID-19 "misinformation" during conversations with patients.
Sixty-nine percent of physicians believe U.S. gun laws are not strict enough, according to a Medscape survey of more than 2,300 practicing physicians published Oct. 7.