In general, the nation's primary care system is holding up fine with few shortages, even with the addition of patients who gained insurance for the first time under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, according to a Kaiser Health…
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Roughly 47 percent of nurse practitioners who graduated in 2008 or later work in primary care, according to a 2012 survey recently released by the Health Resources and Services Administration.
A bill currently in an Illinois House committee would grant psychologists limited power to prescribe medications in an attempt to help patients in parts of the state without enough physicians, WICS reported.
Most physicians work 40 to 60 hours each week, and a quarter work 60 to more than 80 hours weekly. But what do physicians enjoy doing outside of practicing medicine?
21st Century Oncology, one of the largest cancer treatment center operators in the country, has launched an initial public offering.
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Twice as many physicians expect their profits to decline in 2014 than expect to see them rise, according to the 2014 Practice Profitability Index, a national survey of more than 5,000 physicians.
Nearly half — 44 percent — of physicians older than 60 plan to retire in the next five years, according to the "2014 Work/Life Profiles of Today's U.S. Physicians" report by AMA Insurance.
Hospitals and health systems around the country are examining shared savings programs and implementing strategies to cut costs where possible while maintaining high quality care. In many situations supply costs are "low-hanging fruit" for shared savings programs and proactive implant…
Just 51 percent of physicians older than 60 had student loan debt after medical school, but 73 percent of physicians younger than 40 carry debt, according to the "2014 Work/Life Profiles of Today's U.S. Physicians" report by AMA Insurance.
Nationwide, there are 90.1 active primary care physicians per 100,000 people — but several states have many more primary care physicians per capita than the national average.