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The impact of COVID-19 on the medical careers of women are diverse and troubling. From reduced publication submission to higher burnout rates to higher workplace harassment issues, the issues are multiple and are a clear call for change.

Billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban is well-known for appearing on the television show Shark Tank and as the owner of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks. Now, Cuban is taking on generic drug price inflation with the launch of his own pharmacy called the Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company (MCCPDC), which is bypassing the PBM and lowering the cost of generic prescriptions for consumers.

Admit or treat them on an outpatient basis? Too often it is the health plan that makes the decision, leaving the medical team and patient to bear the burden.

Congress is looking into allegations that several nurse staffing agencies have been engaging in price gouging during the pandemic by charging hospitals extremely high fees for the services their nurses provide. The allegations have stirred the nursing community, which is growing concerned about possible implications, particularly whether the political scrutiny will result in state-level restrictions placed on the amounts that staffing agencies can charge for nursing services.

At what point is it appropriate to stop responding to patient inquiries? This editorial piece argues that taking patient calls at all hours is leading to physician burnout, and that it is time to realize that taking patient calls at home is an antiquated practice that needs to go the way of the doctor’s house call.

Just because they are highly educated and high-income earners does not mean physicians are immune from making bad financial decisions. Poor investment decisions, failure to plan for taxes, and escalating debt loads are just a few of the financial issues that plague doctors across the US.