Health systems and hospitals are making significant changes to leadership and educational roles in an attempt to draw more young physicians into the positions, leaders told Becker’s. Last year, Becker’s found many systems grappling with a physician leadership shortage. Leaders…
Integration & Physician Issues
Population health accountability has been arriving gradually for years at health systems nationwide, through shared savings programs and value-based contracts that rewarded efficiency but kept most of the financial risk on Medicare’s side. That cushion is shrinking. Leanne Yanni, MD,…
Chapel Hill, N.C.-based UNC Health Faculty Physicians, the clinical practice group of UNC School of Medicine, has spent much of the past year rebuilding its access model, and the group saw about 8,000 more new patient visits than projected as…
Millennials in plastic surgery, oncology and hematology had the highest percent of physicians receiving pay increases in the past year, an Aug. 15 Medscape report found. Medscape’s “Modest Gains, Lingering Strain: Medscape Millennial Physician Compensation Report 2026” surveyed 5,916 across…
Universities and health systems across the country are announcing new medical schools and expansions as demand for physicians grows. Below are 10 new medical schools or campuses announced in 2026. Editor’s note: This list is updated throughout the year. Please…
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Just under half of full-time U.S. physicians report burnout at some point and one-fifth report depression, according to a Medscape report published Aug. 3. The report is based on survey insights from 5,159 physicians in 29 specialties collected between Jan.…
Eighty percent of participants in a recent poll said they supplement staffing or heavily rely on advanced practice providers to fill care gaps. In a LinkedIn poll, Becker’s asked, “With physicians in short supply, how reliant is your organization on…
Level 4 trauma centers must provide 24/7 emergency physician coverage under new standards promulgated by the American College of Surgeons. The American College of Emergency Physicians wants this requirement for all hospitals, not just level 4 trauma centers. The American…
Physicians on RVU-based compensation plans often have no way of knowing whether the rate they are being paid is fair, and according to one gastroenterologist, that is often by design. The structural disconnect of wRVUs is well documented. Provider productivity,…
Across the country, health systems continue to invest in operating rooms while surgeons still hear the same message: there isn’t enough OR time. Yet when organizations take a closer look, the story is often more complicated. The challenge is not…