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29 HEALTHCARE NEWS 29 10 specialties with highest projected physician shortage By Patsy Newitt C ardiology has the highest projected shortage of physicians, according to Physicians Thrive's "2022 Physician Compensation Report." The report, released Jan. 27, outlines compensation and hiring trends to help physicians collect industry data to analyze the healthcare landscape. Here's the projected shortage of physicians by specialty through 2025: 1. Cardiology: 7,080 2. Ophthalmology: 6,180 3. Orthopedic surgery: 5,050 4. Urology: 3,630 5. General surgery: 2,970 6. Cardiothoracic surgery: 1,800 7. Gastroenterology: 1,630 8. Hematology/Oncology: 1,400 9. Pulmonology: 1,400 10. Neurosurgery: 1,200 n Physician group sues Envision over corporate medicine laws: 5 things ASCs need to know By Patsy Newitt M ilwaukee-based American Academy of Emergency Medicine Physician Group is suing Envision Healthcare, alleging the company uses shell business structures to retain de facto ownership of emergency room staffing groups. Here are five things ASCs need to know: 1. The physician group has said a victory in the suit, which also asks the court to declare these structures illegal, would lead to the prohibition of the practice across California in emergency rooms, anesthesiology and hospital medicine. 2. The suit could also spur prosecutors in other states to look at corporate medicine prohibitions more seriously. 3. While 33 states have rules against corporate practice of medicine, companies are sidestepping bans by buying or establishing staffing groups. These groups, while nominally physician-owned, restrict physician authority and prevent them from having control. 4. "We're not asking them to pay money, and we will not accept being paid to drop the case," David Millstein, lead attorney for the plaintiff, told Kaiser Health News. "We are simply asking the court to ban this practice model." 5. The suit is set to go to trial in January 2024. n 10 worst states for physicians to retire By Riz Hatton Kentucky is the worst state to retire, according to personal finance site WalletHub. In a report released Jan. 23, WalletHub identified the most retirement-friendly states by comparing affordability, quality of life and healthcare. e site then evaluated those factors using 47 metrics including retired taxpayer-friendliness, elderly food insecurity rates and nurses per capita. irty-six percent of physicians have considered early retirement in the last year, according to "Back From Burnout: Confronting the Post- pandemic Physician Turnover Crisis," an October 2022 report from the Medical Group Management Association and Jackson Physician Search. As more physicians contemplate retirement, they will need to consider the best places to conclude their careers — and the places they should avoid. Here are the 10 worst states to retire, according to WalletHub: 1. Kentucky 2. New Jersey 3. Mississippi 4. Oklahoma 5. New York 6. Louisiana 7. Illinois 8. Washington 9. Maryland 10. Arkansas n