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Integration & Physician Issues

The Liaison Committee on Medical Education has granted preliminary accreditation to two new medical schools, one in New Orleans and one in Provo, Utah. Both can now recruit their first classes, which will start in summer 2027. Here is where…

Dual-trained physicians are rare, but they add valuable insight for patient care and system operations, Mohammed Imran Aslam, MD, director of acute mechanical circulatory support and director of Robert Kung Interventional Heart Failure Clinical and Research Fellowship Program at Boston-based…

CMS established a new physician nutrition specialist specialty code, effective Oct. 1, to make these rare specialists easier to identify.  Who physician nutrition specialists are A physician nutrition specialist has expertise in clinical nutrition and applies evidence-based medicine to clinical…

Hospital and health system leaders are grappling with the balance between keeping patients safe and what to do when aging physicians continue to practice amid declining abilities, The Washington Post reported Oct. 12.  Nearly 47% of the active physician workforce…

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As health systems push deeper into the ambulatory setting, many are assembling medical groups at a scale and speed that tempts leaders to run everything from headquarters.  Sean Tedjarati, MD, sees it differently. As executive vice president, chief physician ambulatory…

Eighteen states now generally ban or void noncompete agreements for physicians, according to a September 2026 state-by-state guide from law firm Tucker Arensberg. The firm sorts the rest into three groups. Ten states and Washington, D.C., allow physician noncompetes with…

Hematology/oncology is the most in-demand physician specialty when ranked by job openings relative to workforce size, according to AMN Healthcare’s 2026 Review of Physician and Advanced Practitioner Recruiting Incentives released Sept. 16.  The report is based on a representative sample…

CMS established a new physician nutrition specialist specialty code, effective beginning Oct. 1. The code helps physician nutrition specialists — physicians with advanced expertise in clinical nutrition in addition to their primary medical specialty — to be more accurately identified…

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