Integration & Physician Issues

ChenMed will add 20 new practices to its network in 2020, the Miami-based primary care provider for at-risk seniors said Dec. 3.

Students from rural areas are grossly underrepresented in medical schools, according to a study published in Health Affairs.

Due to budget constraints, Chicago-area health system Edward-Elmhurst Health reportedly plans to lay off 15 physicians from its immediate care clinics next year and replace them with nurse practitioners, sources told Becker's Hospital Review.

David Geffen, co-founder of DreamWorks Pictures, gave the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA an additional $46 million to extend full-ride scholarships to 120 more students, the school announced Dec. 2.

Significantly more medical students reported disabilities in 2019 compared to 2016, according to a research letter published in JAMA. 

A feature in The New York Times highlights how money is intrinsic to medical education, creating a barrier both financially and culturally for lower-income students.

Emergency medicine specialists were most likely to generate "surprise bills," or out-of-network bills for services provided at in-network facilities, compared to six other specialties, according to an analysis by the Health Care Cost Institute, an independent, nonprofit research organization.

The longtime director of Detroit Medical Center's neurosurgery residency program, who stepped down in September, wants to set the record straight after the program lost accreditation earlier this month. In an interview with The Detroit News, he said allegations against…

Access to primary care physicians for rural Texans is scarce, according to an analysis from the Observer.

Chicago-based primary care company VillageMD is celebrating the opening Nov. 20 of its first primary care clinic at a Walgreens store in Houston, the company announced on Twitter.