Mount Pleasant-based Central Michigan University broke ground on its $180 million medical education building in Saginaw, WNEM reported Sept. 22. The MyMichigan Health CMU Medical Education Building will be the new home of all medical students at the university. It…
Integration & Physician Issues
Preventive medicine is the specialty with the highest lifestyle balance, while neurosurgery is the lowest, according to a Marit Health report. Marit analyzed more than 24,400 anonymous salary and schedule surveys from full-time physicians to create the Lifestyle Balance Index.…
Adult medical specialties posted the largest increase in median work relative value unit productivity from 2025 to 2026, the second consecutive year the category has led on productivity growth, according to a survey from SullivanCotter. The Chicago-based consulting firm released…
The typical healthcare organization managed 100 physician and provider searches in 2025, down from a peak of 115 in 2023, according to the Association for Advancing Physician and Provider Recruitment’s annual benchmarking report. The report, released Sept. 16, draws on…
On Sept. 14, a bipartisan resolution was introduced that aims to create a National Physician Suicide Awareness Day. The resolution was sponsored by five representatives, according to a Sept. 15 American Hospital Association news release. If passed, it would recognize…
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In 2026, 10 new medical schools have been announced, and several more have opened. Yet, they may not alleviate physician shortages. Four notes on the current state of the physician shortage 1. Across 35 specialties, there is a projected shortage…
Physician assistants and advanced practice registered nurses can now order every noninvasive colorectal cancer screening test Medicare covers, ending a long-standing physician-only requirement under a CMS coverage change. CMS authorized the expanded coverage in June when it finalized a decision…
Sacramento, Calif.-based Sutter Health and Santa Clara (Calif.) University are collaborating on a learning health system model designed to expose medical students to clinical care, education and research within an integrated healthcare network. The model will be incorporated into the…
About 82% of employed physicians nationwide work for corporate entities, and nearly 75% have only experienced this model, a Physician Advocacy Institute report found. The “2026 Employed Physician Survey” canvassed more than 1,000 U.S. physicians employed by hospitals, health systems…
Renton, Wash.-based Providence is leaning into temporary and topic-based leadership roles as a way to improve its operations while giving more physicians an opportunity to contribute. “We really don’t want to limit physician leadership contributions to only those people who…