Integration & Physician Issues

Visa processing delays are sidelining foreign physicians at hospitals and clinics across the nation, adding to staffing shortages and recruitment headaches for hospitals, Politico reported April 1. Here’s what to know. 1. In October, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services froze…

Cincinnati-based Xavier University is on track to open the world’s first Jesuit osteopathic medical school in fall 2027. The university received a $2 million gift from alumnus Gary and Connie Sharpe to support the proposed college of osteopathic medicine and…

On March 20, only 56.4% of non-U.S. international medical graduates matched to a post-graduate year 1, or PGY-1, position, representing a 1.6% decrease from 2025 and a five-year low for these applicants, according to the National Resident Matching Program.  Match…

Michigan physicians are urging state lawmakers to pass an agreement to keep the state in the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact, warning a lapse could disrupt care delivery and affect thousands of physicians practicing in Michigan under the agreement, Interlochen Public…

On March 17, Alabama joined 23 other states that are part of the PA licensure compact, which removes the requirement for PAs to obtain licensure in each state they practice. The compact, organized by the American Academy of Physician Associates,…

Harrogate, Tenn.-based Lincoln Memorial University is opening a medical school campus in Orange Park, Fla., on March 23. The new LMU-DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine campus will be the first four-year medical school in the greater Jacksonville area, according to…

CMS’ $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program expedited South Dakota’s plan to join the PA licensure compact, according to the American Academy of Physician Associates.  The federal rural health program examined each state’s scope of practice laws to determine its…

Colorado lawmakers will not move forward with a proposed $50 million reduction to a Medicaid program that helps hospitals cover the indirect costs of training medical residents, The Colorado Sun reported March 12. On March 11, members of the state’s…

Companies paid nearly $60 million to over 46,000 physicians for AI-enabled devices between 2017 to 2023, a recent Philadelphia-based University of Pennsylvania study found. Published in Health Affairs Scholar, the study found that cardiologists receive the most payments for AI…

Savannah, Ga.-based St. Joseph’s/Candler plans to launch a residency program with 103 positions across four specialties, hospital leaders confirmed to Becker’s March 10. The two-hospital system received nearly $17 million in state funding to support the program, which legislators approved…