This puts cardiology in the top 10 among all specialties included in the report. 

The settlement comes at the end of a lengthy legal battle that made national headlines.

More than 4,000 physicians were included in the study, and 94% of them had received payments from at least one device manufacturer. The median payment received was $1,211.

The ongoing pandemic has already created countless challenges for healthcare providers—and a medical malpractice crisis could be next.

The alleged wrongdoings, reported by a whistleblower, occurred from April 2014 to March 2020.

Pfizer's early vaccine results could represent a key step forward in the race to finally end the COVID-19 pandemic.

The American Heart Association, American Cancer Society and other patient advocacy groups emphasized the important link between health insurance coverage and patient outcomes. 

If signed into law, the bill would improve coverage for screening for both Medicare and Medicaid beneficiaries. 

Total death counts in the United States are typically consistent from one year to the next, the authors noted—but not in 2020.