Integration & Physician Issues

The feminization of medicine has accelerated dramatically in the last four decades.

Detroit-based Henry Ford Health is partnering with AHSA to develop internal physician contingent float pools. 

Radiology has the highest per-hour compensation among medical specialties, while primary care has the lowest, a recent American Medical Association survey found.

Arkansas became the latest state to ban noncompete agreements for physicians in early March. The bill was signed into law by Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders on March 4 and is expected to take effect in mid-July of this year.…

West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, Ill., is appealing a decision from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education to revoke its residency program accreditation. 

It is a difficult time for primary care. Physicians and advanced practice providers are burning out, their care teams are frustrated and their patients are unhappy with long waits and hurried visits. 

Medscape recently ranked the best and worst states for physicians to practice in by region.

The potential cost for filling a physician position can top $500,000 when accounting for loss in potential billings and the money needed to recruit to that position, according to a March 4 AMN Healthcare white paper.

Since 2023, nine states have dropped their residency program requirements for foreign-trained physicians, and more than a dozen other states are considering doing the same, NPR reported March 3.

York, Pa.-based WellSpan Health and Philadelphia-based Temple University's Lewis Katz School of Medicine have entered a formalized agreement to open a second regional campus for the school.