News in brief Physicians targeted in extortion scam by criminals posing as DEA agents Criminals are calling physicians, demanding money, and threatening to suspend their target’s DEA registration. April 3, 2018Tuesday AOA Staff Contact AOA Staff Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency reports that physicians and the public have been targeted by criminals posing as DEA agents. Criminals mask their telephone number on caller ID, instead displaying a DEA support number, then demand money or threaten to terminate their target’s DEA registration. The DEA urges physicians who receive such calls to report the information to the DEA here. More in Newsbriefs DO to lead Mississippi physician workforce office, DO student co-authors educational children’s book Richard Calderone, DO, MPH, is the new director of the Office of Mississippi Physician Workforce, and Brooke Birks, OMS IV, published a children’s book. Free holistic residency application review platform will soon be available for residency programs that use ERAS Cortex, an AI-enabled platform, is designed to provide technology-assisted holistic review by streamlining application screening and review. Previous articleIn Memoriam: April 3, 2018 Next articleNRMP Match results: DO students participate and match in record numbers
DO to lead Mississippi physician workforce office, DO student co-authors educational children’s book Richard Calderone, DO, MPH, is the new director of the Office of Mississippi Physician Workforce, and Brooke Birks, OMS IV, published a children’s book.
Free holistic residency application review platform will soon be available for residency programs that use ERAS Cortex, an AI-enabled platform, is designed to provide technology-assisted holistic review by streamlining application screening and review.