Pay and financial incentives used to have the greatest impact on physician recruitment, but in recent years, physicians are making their decisions based on other factors. Hospitals and health systems are grappling with a national physician shortage, and 59% of…
Integration & Physician Issues
Winchester, Va.-based Valley Health is making operational changes across its six hospitals, including transitioning physician management and closing a unit, amid financial pressure tied to House Resolution 1. The system will transition emergency physicians and hospitalists to SCP Health, ending…
Maine Gov. Janet Mills signed a bill into law that removes a requirement for physician associates with more than 4,000 hours of practice to have an on-paper agreement with a physician. The American Academy of Physician Associates applauded the move,…
Trading lectures for active learning opportunities is gaining momentum across U.S. medical schools, according to an April 2 article from the Association of American Medical Colleges. Active learning involves giving students the teaching material before class and using in-person time…
Visa processing delays are sidelining foreign physicians at hospitals and clinics across the nation, adding to staffing shortages and recruitment headaches for hospitals, Politico reported April 1. Here’s what to know. 1. In October, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services froze…
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Cincinnati-based Xavier University is on track to open the world’s first Jesuit osteopathic medical school in fall 2027. The university received a $2 million gift from alumnus Gary and Connie Sharpe to support the proposed college of osteopathic medicine and…
On March 20, only 56.4% of non-U.S. international medical graduates matched to a post-graduate year 1, or PGY-1, position, representing a 1.6% decrease from 2025 and a five-year low for these applicants, according to the National Resident Matching Program. Match…
Michigan physicians are urging state lawmakers to pass an agreement to keep the state in the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact, warning a lapse could disrupt care delivery and affect thousands of physicians practicing in Michigan under the agreement, Interlochen Public…
On March 17, Alabama joined 23 other states that are part of the PA licensure compact, which removes the requirement for PAs to obtain licensure in each state they practice. The compact, organized by the American Academy of Physician Associates,…
Harrogate, Tenn.-based Lincoln Memorial University is opening a medical school campus in Orange Park, Fla., on March 23. The new LMU-DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine campus will be the first four-year medical school in the greater Jacksonville area, according to…