Trying to decide which state to practice in? Our guide to state-level conditions affecting physicians’ wallets will help you choose wisely.
Looking for the Land of Smiling Physicians? Our “traffic light guide” to state-level data on conditions affecting physician’ wallets should help. For each state, we present numbers on cost of living, Medicare pay, taxes, malpractice premiums, and more - each color-coded traffic-light style. Lots of green boxes means go. Lots of red - put the brakes on that move.
This article originally appeared in the September 2010 issue of Physicians Practice.
HIPAA highlights: 2 disturbing class actions, OCR risk analysis enforcement
April 24th 2025Two class-action lawsuits targeting the University of Maryland Medical Center and the University of Kansas Health System for years-long cyberstalking and unauthorized access to protected health information spotlight massive HIPAA risk-analysis failures and underscore the urgent need for stronger health care cybersecurity safeguards.