Emerging competition in physician credentialing is highlighting long-standing concerns about the cost and time required to maintain board certification, Medscape reported May 6. Here is what to know. 1. Physician board certification has typically involved one of 24 specialty boards…
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Physician associations are praising the White House’s decision to reverse the visa renewal freeze for foreign physicians but are still left with questions about how the administration will process visas. In late April, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services updated…
The Department of Homeland Security has quietly changed its travel ban policy, freeing foreign physicians from visa renewal limbo, The New York Times reported May 3. Here’s what to know: 1. Last week, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services updated…
Physician burnout is declining and systems are finding new ways to recruit physicians without raising pay, but international physicians are in limbo amid visa renewal delays. There are just a few things to know about the physician workforce in 2026.…
A publicly accessible database powering CMS’ Medicare Advantage provider directory exposed Social Security numbers of healthcare providers, The Washington Post reported April 30. The Post downloaded the database and found dozens of provider Social Security numbers. The database had been accessible for…
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A growing backlog of visa applications could force hundreds of internationally trained physicians to leave the U.S. this summer, KFF Health News reported May 1. Many of the delays are for H-1B and J-1 visas, which are tailored to individuals…
The American Medical Association has outlined a policy framework to address AI-generated deepfakes impersonating physicians. According to an April 29 press release shared with Becker’s, the framework, developed by the AMA Center for Digital Health and AI, establishes protections for…
Philadelphia-based Temple University’s Lewis Katz School of Medicine and Atlantic City, N.J.-based AtlantiCare will establish a regional medical school campus. The AtlantiCare Campus will host 40 medical students and is expected to accommodate third- and fourth-year rotating students, according to…
Charleston-based Medical University of South Carolina is not just recruiting physicians, it’s recruiting physician’s families, as well. This is the strategy that ultimately brought Erik Summers, MD, chief medical officer, to the system. “My family was very settled in Winston-Salem…
Physicians are increasingly uncertain if their career choice was worth the debt they took on for training — and some of them would not choose medicine again under new federal caps on student loans, according to new data from Panacea…