In the early 2000s Terry Mitchell’s dentist retired. For a while, Mitchell, an electrician in his 50s, stopped seeking dental care altogether. But when one of his wisdom teeth began to ache, he started looking for someone new. An acquaintance recommended John Roger Lund, whose practice was a convenient 10-minute walk from Mitchell’s home, in… Read More »
When Jayne Wrightsman, art collector, society maven, trustee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, a stiletto in a velvet glove, died at her home at 820 Fifth Ave. on Saturday at age 99, it was the end of an era. Wrightsman may have been nouveau riche, but her taste and style were a calculated homage… Read More »
April 24, 2019 — Average doctor salaries rose to $ 313,000 from $ 299,000 last year, according to the Medscape Physician Compensation Report 2019. The report is the most comprehensive doctor salary report in the United States, representing almost 20,000 physicians in more than 30 specialties. The top three highest-paid specialties are: Orthopedists at an… Read More »
There are the Sacklers, the family that controls Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin. There are the doctors who ran pill mills, and the rogue pharmacists who churned out opioid orders by the thousands. But the daunting financial muscle that has driven the spread of prescription opioids in the United States comes from the distributors… Read More »