Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed into law Senate Bill 139, now Act 232, which amends the state's non-compete statute to provide that non-compete covenants that "restrict the right of a physician to practice within the physician's scope of practice" are void. The term "physician" includes any person authorized or licensed to practice medicine under the Arkansas Medical Practice Act and any person licensed to practice osteopathy under Arkansas law. The Act will take effect 90 days after adjournment of the current legislative session, likely resulting in a mid-July 2025 effective date.
The urinary tract infection (UTI), has become the medical bogeyman that will not go away, a default but often incorrect diagnosis that seems to come up every time an older person has some ill-defined health presentation but still lacks the most reliable symptom of painful urination.
To ensure growth, there are key aspects of telemedicine that still need improvement: eliminating regulatory barriers, achieving reimbursement parity, better technical interoperability, more data-based performance analysis, and expanded specialty care.
Workplace culture plays an integral role in the successful adoption of lifestyle medicine programming within health systems, according to a new study published in BMJ Open.
At a time when immigration policy remains one of the most divisive issues in American politics, an area of bipartisan agreement has emerged: expanding licensure pathways for international medical graduates (IMGs). IMGs are physicians who received their training outside of the United States. Communities across the country recognize the urgent need to address physician shortages and that they already have untapped, qualified talent that they can draw upon.