The American Hospital Association in a Sept. 27 letter outlined recommendations for how CMS should ensure the implementation of its COVID-19 vaccine mandate for all workers in Medicare and Medicaid-participating healthcare facilities is "feasible" and "fair." 

Bottlenecks in the physician training and education pipeline are limiting entry for residency and playing a vital role in U.S. physician shortages and care access issues, according to a Sept. 20 report from nonpartisan think tank Niskanen Center.   

The Connecticut Medical Examining Board on Sept. 24 suspended the license of a retired physician who allegedly signed fake COVID-19 vaccine exemption forms.

The history of racism in medicine continues to affect healthcare today.

The U.S. currently has 567,384 active specialty physicians, according to 2021 data published by Kaiser Family Foundation Sept. 22.

There are 494,821 active primary care physicians in the U.S., according to 2021 data from Kaiser Family Foundation's published Sept. 22.

A group of physicians from Mississippi formed an anti-vaccine-mandate group that shares misinformation about the COVID-19 vaccine, according to a Sept. 20 report by ABC 11.

The American Association of Medical Colleges has dedicated a center to addressing health inequities across U.S. communities. 

Hospitals and health systems must take responsibility for physician mental health and establish initiatives and resources to improve well-being, according to an op-ed published Sept. 19 by The Hill.

The State Medical Board of Ohio has renewed the license of prominent anti-vaccine advocate and osteopathic medicine physician Sherri Tenpenny, DO, according to the Ohio Capital Journal.

A physician from Oregon had his medical license revoked and was fined $10,000 for spreading COVID-19 misinformation and refusing to wear a mask in his medical practice.

Developing a strong athletics-to-medicine pipeline could encourage more Black men to become healthcare providers, supporters of the strategy say, according to the nonprofit publication Undark. 

Family members of a New York City emergency room physician who died by suicide last year are pushing for federal legislation to address the nation's physician burnout crisis, The Washington Post reported Sept. 15.

Physicians in four Northeastern states are projected to face the most competition by 2028, according to an analysis by WalletHub, a personal finance website. 

San Ramon, Calif.-based Hill Physicians Medical Group will grow to more than 4,220 physicians with the addition of NorthBay Medical Group providers in October. 

Despite warnings from several national medical boards saying physicians who spread vaccine misinformation could lose their medical licenses, many are still in practice, a Sept. 14 NPR report found. 

A family medicine physician has given the nearly 3,000 patients of her independent practice in South Miami a deadline of Sept. 15 to get vaccinated against COVID-19 or terminate their patient-physician relationship, the Miami Herald reports.

Medical Center of South Arkansas in El Dorado has selected a new provider of hospitalist and emergency department physician services despite objections from physicians, according to the El Dorado News-Times.

Far too many Americans possess a negative stereotype about opioid addiction.

Two Boston physicians were among the four people killed in a small plane crash in Connecticut on Sept. 2, according to The Boston Globe.