The federal government shutdown is exerting significant financial strain on the nation’s 44 osteopathic medical schools as the impasse approaches its fourth week, MedPage reported Oct. 17. The budget-driven shutdown, which began Oct. 1, is the third-longest federal shutdown so…
Integration & Physician Issues
St. Louis-based Ascension is deploying new technology and workforce development efforts to address long-term physician shortages and reduce clinician burden, according to a health system blog post. The U.S. may face a shortfall of up to 86,000 physicians by 2036,…
Productivity, rather than quality, is gaining prominence in physician bonus structures, according to a recent report from recruiting firm AMN Healthcare. Last year, 62% of physician contracts featured a production bonus, the report found. That figure has grown to 66%.…
American Hospital Association leaders have published a framework intended to guide hospitals and health systems in developing effective physician leaders. The framework, published Oct. 15 in NEJM Catalyst, is based on more than 200 interviews with chief physicians from AHA-member…
Mary Washington Healthcare and the University of Mary Washington — both based in Fredericksburg, Va. — plan to partner to develop a new medical school. Five things to know: 1. Mary Washington Healthcare and UMW are in early stages of…
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Physician compensation rose more in 2025 than in any year over the past decade, largely due to clinician supply and demand imbalances, according to a survey from SullivanCotter. Published Oct. 15, the survey is based on data from more than…
The Alabama School of Healthcare Sciences, the final school in Bloomberg Philanthropies’ $250 million national initiative, broke ground Oct. 14 in Demopolis. The $26.4 million healthcare high school is adjacent to its primary medical partner, Whitfield Regional Hospital, according to…
Nearly 6 in 10 U.S. physician leaders aspire to become a CEO one day, according to a McKinsey & Co. survey. McKinsey surveyed 296 physician leaders across the U.S. in May. Of the 258 leaders who are not CEOs, 58%…
Section 6001 of the 2010 Affordable Care Act (ACA) effectively banned physician-owned hospitals (POH) in the United States. This legislation was nominally motivated by concerns over conflict-of-interest when physicians are stakeholders in the business of medicine, but in reality, was…
The rate of physicians exiting clinical practice is increasing, and some specialties have higher attrition rates than others, according to research published Oct. 7 in Annals of Internal Medicine. In a study examining the attrition rate of approximately 72,000 physicians…