Integration & Physician Issues

  Medical residents at the closing Hahnemann University Hospital in Philadelphia are scrambling to find new training positions and secure work visas — and avoid thousands of dollars in fees associated with breaking their apartment leases, The Philadelphia Inquirer reports.

A study out of Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic found burnout is associated with greater levels of implicit and explicit racial bias among physicians. 

One Medical, a tech-based primary care medical group, is in growth mode. One investor says the company, valued at nearly $2 billion, could be "the Starbucks of primary care," according to CNBC.

Bright Health, a health insurer based in Minneapolis, will expand to 13 new markets in 2020, growing its product offerings by 300 percent year over year.

While most physicians believe self-care is important, many are unable to practice the amount of self-care they desire due to a lack of time and growing job demands, according to a survey conducted by The Harris Poll.

The bedrock of many small communities is the local hospital. 

 Seventy percent of Americans support Medicare as an option for anyone who wants to choose government coverage over private insurance, according to a Marist Poll in partnership with NPR and PBS NewsHour. 

Here are five updates on issues surrounding "Medicare for All" proposals published by Becker's Hospital Review since July 15.

Here are five memorable quotes that CMOs from Humana, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona, Geisinger Health Plan, AmeriHealth Caritas and Cigna's behavioral health unit shared with Becker's in the past two months:

Finding a rural hospital in Wisconsin that provides obstetrics has become increasingly harder, according to the Wisconsin State Journal, which cites a report by the Wisconsin Office of Rural Health.