A lawsuit filed by Eugene, Ore.-based Emergency Physicians against PeaceHealth and Atlanta-based staffing company ApolloMD has put a spotlight on long-standing tensions between corporate medicine and local physician control — and it may set a national precedent. What happened with…
Integration & Physician Issues
Physicians are leaving clinical practice earlier than ever — and administrative burden, stress and caregiving responsibilities are driving them out, according to research published May 7 in The Permanente Journal. Researchers with the American Medical Association conducted the study, which…
About 58% of physician-scientists are considering leaving academic medicine in the next two years, and 44% are looking at moving abroad, according to a New Haven, Conn.-based Yale School of Medicine survey. The study, published in the preparing server medRxiv,…
After several months of controversy, Vancouver, Wash.-based PeaceHealth and Eugene (Ore.) Emergency Physicians have agreed to “reset” the negotiations surrounding a proposed deal to switch the system’s emergency department staffing partnership to Atlanta-based ApolloMD. According to a May 6 PeaceHealth…
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…
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…