Psychiatry is one of the most highly-recruited physician specialties, yet psychiatrist compensation ranks 10th-lowest among physicians, according to Medscape's "Psychiatrist Compensation Report 2023."
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Ohio physician Jeffrey Sutton, DO, was sentenced May 23 to six years in prison after he pleaded guilty to healthcare fraud and illegally prescribing and distributing opioids and other controlled substances, the Justice Department said.
Rising costs and ongoing staff shortages have led many behavioral health facilities and units to close up shop, creating or exacerbating care deserts.
In 2022, 28 percent of American adults went without some form of medical care because they could not afford it, and 10 percent skipped mental healthcare for the same reason, a Federal Reserve report released in May found.
Psychiatry is tied for the second-highest incidence of suicidal thoughts among clinicians across all specialties, with 12 percent of the field having reported suicidal thoughts, according to Medscape's ''Physician Burnout Report" published March 3.
St. George (Utah) Regional Hospital has the best negotiated commercial payer rates for mental health services of any hospital in the nation — 912 percent its Medicare rate for the same services — according to data from Sage Transparency.
Nebraska legislators have unanimously passed a bill that would allow state agencies to follow the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic Model, ABC affiliate NTV reported May 22.
Since April 1, Becker's has reported on physicians in California, Michigan, Ohio, New York and Texas, and a nurse in North Carolina, who were sentenced to prison terms of between 2.5 and 20 years for the respective opioid cases brought…
Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, issued a warning about social media's effects on mental health in adolescents, according to a May 23 news release.
The New Mexico Department of Health will pay $215,000 to settle allegations that a patient was abused and neglected at the state-owned Behavioral Health Institute in Las Vegas, N.M., Albuquerque Journal reported May 22.