Overall, the number of actively licensed physicians in the United States grew about 3 percent from 2010 to 2012, but some regions of the country experienced greater growth in physician numbers, while some recorded a loss in that time period,…
Integration & Physician Issues
The number of actively licensed physicians has grown, but those physicians are also growing older, according to a Federation of State Medical Boards report published in the Journal of Medical Regulation.
The following deals between hospitals and physicians, including acquisitions, affiliations, leasing arrangements and joint ventures, occurred within the last month, starting with the most recent.
The rapid decline of private practice physician groups has dramatic implications for health systems employing physicians in large numbers. As employment has surged, health systems are faced with creating a new operating model to manage the physician relationship and unlock…
Nearly 60 percent of physician practices do not plan to give raises to their staff this calendar year, according to the "2013 Staff Salary Survey," released by Physicians Practice.
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Medical schools in the United States are on track for a 30 percent increase in enrollment by 2017, according to the Medical School Enrollment Survey conducted by the Association of American Medical Colleges Center for Workforce Studies.
In a session at the VHA 2013 Navigating to Excellence Forum in Las Vegas on May 1, 2013, Jim Doty, physician services and strategies senior principle at VHA, discussed best practices for including physicians at the decision table for economic…
In a session at the VHA 2013 Navigating to Excellence Forum in Las Vegas on May 1, 2013, Cindy DeMotte, MPH, RD, vice president of quality at Community Memorial Hospital of San Buenaventura in Ventura, Calif., shared four steps for…
More than 20 percent of physician practices employ care coordinators, according to the 2013 Staff Salary Survey by Physicians Practice.
The CMO from West Penn Allegheny Health System has said a significant number of physicians from University of Pittsburgh Medical Center have expressed interest in working for the newly formed Allegheny Health Network, according to a Pittsburgh Business Times report.