The Latrobe, Pa.-based Excela Health Family Medicine Residency Program, offered by Excela Latrobe Hospital, will increase the number of admitted physicians from 18 to 24.
Integration & Physician Issues
There are numerous factors that are currently placing considerable stress on independent physicians and physician groups throughout the United States. Reimbursement rates continue to decline, as illustrated recently by the recent two percent reduction in Medicare reimbursements in connection with the…
Forty-two percent of practicing physicians are dissatisfied with their job, according to a survey conducted by Jackson Healthcare.
Nurse practitioners in Nevada will be able to prescribe medication without receiving permission from a physician first, thanks to a new law signed by Gov. Brian Sandoval, according to a Think Progress report.
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield's patient-centered medical home program achieved savings in 2012, the program's second year.
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Physician residents at Kern Medical Center in Bakersfield, Calif., rallied outside the hospital Tuesday against low pay and canceled labor negotiations, according to a report by The Bakersfield Californian.
As the physician shortage in the United States grows, so does the debate of the role non-physician providers, such as physician assistants and nurse practitioners, should play in patient care. The Association of American Medical Colleges' Consumer Survey recently found…
According to a recent study in Obesity, patients with obesity are 52 percent more likely to "doctor shop," or switch both primary care and specialty physicians frequently, because of perceived physician bias and overall negative interactions with healthcare providers. These…
Nearly half of physicians report being unable to take on patients newly insured under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, according to the "Practice Profitability Index," sponsored by CareCloud, in partnership with QuantiaMD.
The Minnesota Medical Association has created a 13-member task force to look into ways to grow the state's primary care physician workforce, according to an Echo Press report.