Integration & Physician Issues

CMS’ $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program expedited South Dakota’s plan to join the PA licensure compact, according to the American Academy of Physician Associates.  The federal rural health program examined each state’s scope of practice laws to determine its…

Colorado lawmakers will not move forward with a proposed $50 million reduction to a Medicaid program that helps hospitals cover the indirect costs of training medical residents, The Colorado Sun reported March 12. On March 11, members of the state’s…

Companies paid nearly $60 million to over 46,000 physicians for AI-enabled devices between 2017 to 2023, a recent Philadelphia-based University of Pennsylvania study found. Published in Health Affairs Scholar, the study found that cardiologists receive the most payments for AI…

Savannah, Ga.-based St. Joseph’s/Candler plans to launch a residency program with 103 positions across four specialties, hospital leaders confirmed to Becker’s March 10. The two-hospital system received nearly $17 million in state funding to support the program, which legislators approved…

Some of the nation’s largest health systems are recruiting leaders to oversee physician engagement, and quality and safety strategy. Franklin, Tenn.-based CHS is hiring a systemwide chief medical officer, while St. Louis-based Ascension and Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA Healthcare are hiring…

Hospitals are urging Colorado lawmakers to reconsider a proposal to cut about $50 million from a state program that helps teaching hospitals cover indirect costs associated with training resident physicians. The proposal would reduce funding for Colorado’s Medicaid indirect medical…

Kankakee, Ill.-based Riverside Healthcare is opening an obstetric hospitalist program. The new program is designed to improve patient safety and provide better work-life balance for community physicians, who the hospital previously relied on being on call for its OB needs,…

Although some resident physicians experience more stress the more hours they work per week, a recent study found no significant association between burnout and weekly average hours worked in their programs.  In a clinical trial that assessed well-being interventions among…

Fifty-three U.S. medical schools have agreed to increase educational training on nutrition for students under a deal with the Trump administration, federal officials announced March 5. During a press event held at HHS’ main office in Washington, D.C., federal officials…

Mercy Health-Lourdes Hospital in Paducah, Ky., pays pre-medicine college students to shadow its physicians and advanced practice clinicians as part of its future physicians program. The program offers seven rotations in the medical department, four rotations in the surgery department…