Integration & Physician Issues

Most hospital-employed physicians don't miss the business of running a practice, but many do miss having some say in decision-making, according to the Medscape Employed Physicians Report 2014.

A California bill would let students at accredited medical school programs in the state complete their education and earn an MD in three years, instead of the typical four, according to a Sacramento Business Journal report.

Employed physicians are on par satisfaction-wise with their self-employed counterparts, as 73 percent of employed physicians and 74 percent of self-employed physicians said they were satisfied overall, according to the Medscape Employed Physicians Report 2014.

The majority (74 percent) of physicians would choose their specialty again if they had to start their medical careers over, according to a physician survey conducted by Sermo, an online community exclusively for physicians.

The country's demand for oncologists is slated to nearly double and lead to a shortage of nearly 1,500 cancer specialists by 2025, according to a report from the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

Demand for primary care and behavioral health locum tenens physicians dropped in 2013, while it grew for nurse practitioners, according to a survey conducted by Staff Care, a national temporary healthcare staffing firm.

State legislators should carefully consider proposals that limit the scope of practice for advanced practice registered nurses, as limiting their range of independent practice can reduce competition, according to an FTC staff paper.

North Hollywood, Calif.-based IPC The Hospitalist Company, a national hospitalist physician group practice company, has acquired CAP Medical Group, a New Hartford, N.Y.-based post-acute hospitalist practice.

Nearly all (90 percent) of hospitals and other healthcare facilities reported using locum tenens physicians at some point in 2013, up from 73.6 percent in 2012, according to a survey conducted by Staff Care, a national temporary healthcare staffing firm.

Bethesda, Md.-based de Beaumont Foundation, Durham, N.C.-based Duke Community and Family Medicine and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have collaborated to create the Practical Playbook, an online resource to guide and support partnerships between public health organizations and…