James C. Krieg, MD, board-certified orthopedic surgeon, has joined Rothman Institute at Jefferson in Philadelphia as chief of orthopedic trauma and fracture care.
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Physicians across the healthcare sector should expect a median salary increase of 2.4 percent next year, but hospital-employed physicians are likely to receive lower raises, according to consulting firm Hay Group's 2013 physician compensation survey.
Although nonprofit hospitals continued to have strong balance sheets in fiscal year 2012, many financial performance indicators were weak compared with the three years prior, according to a report from Moody's Investors Service.
Maine, Rhode Island, Wisconsin and Vermont will restrict Medicaid eligibility for certain groups starting next year, according to a Kaiser Health News report.
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