Uncertainty over whether physicians and medical residents will be exempt from a newly imposed $100,000 fee for H-1B visa applications has left many hospitals in wait-and-see mode as they finalize recruitment plans for the year, according to a Jan. 21…
Integration & Physician Issues
At Stanford (Calif.) Medicine, faculty don’t typically flock to voluntary training programs. But over the past five years, a professional coaching initiative has drawn hundreds of educators eager to build skills that traditional medical training leaves out. “People vote with…
Among U.S. resident physicians, about 8 in 10 are in specialty programs and the remainder are in subspecialty programs, according to the American Medical Association and the Association of American Medical Colleges. In their annual Graduate Medical Education census, the…
The University of Miami is launching an executive education program exclusively tailored to physicians entering into senior leadership roles, according to a Jan. 13 news release from the university. Unlike other executive education programs, the University of Miami’s upcoming Global…
Women account for 50.2% of all U.S. medical residents, achieving a majority share for the first time, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges’ 2025 “Report on Residents.” Women make up the majority of residents in obstetrics and gynecology…
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Primary care providers at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus have joined the Mercy Health Select Accountable Care Organization. The partnership took effect Jan. 1 is expected to improve care coordination and outcomes for Medicare patients, health…
As primary care demand accelerates, Falls Church, Va.-based Inova Health System is betting on a future in which access does not come from more clinicians or exam rooms alone, but from rethinking the basics of how visits happen. The system…
Florida lawmakers introduced a bill Dec. 17 that would create a pathway to permanent licensure for physicians practicing under temporary certificates in areas of critical need. Temporary certificates allow physicians licensed in other U.S. jurisdictions to practice at approved facilities…
CMS has awarded 400 additional Medicare-funded residency positions to 135 hospitals across 37 states, an effort that aims to further address the nation’s growing physician shortage. About 62% of the new slots will support primary care and psychiatry programs, CMS…
An increasing number of medical schools are adopting lifestyle medicine and preventive care into their curricula, according to a Dec. 18 post from the Association of American Medical Colleges. Nutrition is one lifestyle medicine component medical schools are readily integrating,…