Young adults are far less likely than older generations to maintain an ongoing relationship with a primary care physician, a new survey shows. The poll was commissioned by Columbus-based OSU Wexner Medical Center and conducted by the survey and market…
Integration & Physician Issues
Some surgical assistants are earning 25 times what the surgeons make thanks to arbitration laws, The New York Times reported June 29. Here is what to know. 1. Surgeons and surgical assistants have been capitalizing on the arbitration rule inside…
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds and Iowa HHS secured approximately $49.5 million in federal funding to expand physician residency training programs across all of the state’s 13 teaching hospitals. The expansion was approved by CMS on June 5 to support the…
Bentonville, Ark.-based Heartland Whole Health Institute has launched a statewide Graduate Medical Education Technical Assistance Center aimed at improving access to care in rural and underserved communities. Four things to know: 1. The institute, founded in 2019 by philanthropist and…
Alaska has become the sixth state to formally replace “physician assistant” with “physician associate” in state statute after the state legislature voted June 19 to override Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s veto of House Bill 195. The veto override passed 43-17. The…
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More than 4 in 5 physicians now use artificial intelligence in their professional practice, and 92% of physicians want additional AI training, an American Medical Association survey found. American Medical Association’s 2026 Physician Survey on Augmented Intelligence surveyed 1,692 physicians…
On June 12, Rhode Island became the 25th state to join the PA Licensure Compact, which allows physician assistants and physician associates to practice in participating states without needing licenses for each one. The American Academy of Physician Associates said…
Seattle-based University of Washington School of Medicine received $25 million to establish a scholarship and education program to increase the number of physicians serving in rural and Native communities. The donation is the largest known family gift to rural healthcare…
On June 4, the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division opened new investigations into “potential race discrimination” at 15 medical schools. Here is what to know. 1. The medical schools under investigation have not been named, but all received millions of…
Neurology saw a 27.6% jump in the number of employed physicians between 2024 and 2025, while ophthalmologists saw a 28.4% decrease, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data. The bureau gathered employment data for 17 physician specialties positions in 2025,…