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Healthgrades evaluates hospitals solely on risk-adjusted mortality and in-hospital complications. [17] Its website evaluates roughly 500 million claims from federal and private reviews and data to rate and rank doctors based on complication rates at the hospitals where they practice, experience, and patient satisfaction. [8]
RateMDs.com is a free website allowing users to submit and read reviews of doctors, dentists, psychologists, urgent care centers, group practices, hospitals and other healthcare facilities. Founded in 2004, it has gained popularity as a platform for patients to research and share their experiences about healthcare providers.
Humana Inc. is an American for-profit health insurance company based in Louisville, Kentucky. In 2023, the company ranked 42 on the Fortune 500 list, [2] which made it the highest ranked (by revenues) company based in Kentucky. It is the fourth largest health insurance provider in the U.S. [3]
The list of APPNA's past presidents includes: [5] Dr. Zaheer Ahmed, 1979-80 (King Edward Medical College) Dr. Kamil Muzaffar, 1980-81 (King Edward Medical College) Dr. M Ayub Omayya, 1981 and 1982 (King Edward Medical College) Dr. S. Amjad Hussain, 1982-83 (Khyber Medical College) Dr. Amanullah Khan, 1983-84 (King Edward Medical College)
Richard J. Schmidt – American physician who contaminated his girlfriend with AIDS-tainted blood; Harold Shipman (1946–2004) – British serial killer; Michael Swango (born 1953) – American serial killer; An A-Z list of Wikipedia articles of Nazi doctors
Primary care physicians, the most common specialty, have the lowest earnings. [8] The highest earners tend to be specialists who perform procedures and surgeons. [8] Physician salaries in the United States comprise 8.6% of total national healthcare spending. [8] On average, physicians in the US work 55 hours each week.
By 2010, there were over 5,000 physicians [21] in over 500 providers using the model. [14]: 12 From 2012-2018, the Physicians Foundation has conducted a biennial survey of physicians and found that between 4.5-8.8% plan to switch to a concierge model each time. [22] In 2012, there were 4,400 private physicians – a 25% increase from 2011. [23]
Among the physician practices, 16.5% had only one office-based physician in 2016. [3] Physician group practices with 2-4 physicians make up 22.3% of physician offices in the United States, 19.8% have 5-10 physicians, 12.1% have 11-24 physicians, 6.3% have 25–49, and the remaining 13.5% have 50 or more physicians.