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…
Integration & Physician Issues
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…
The American Medical Association has outlined a policy framework to address AI-generated deepfakes impersonating physicians. According to an April 29 press release shared with Becker’s, the framework, developed by the AMA Center for Digital Health and AI, establishes protections for…
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Philadelphia-based Temple University’s Lewis Katz School of Medicine and Atlantic City, N.J.-based AtlantiCare will establish a regional medical school campus. The AtlantiCare Campus will host 40 medical students and is expected to accommodate third- and fourth-year rotating students, according to…
Charleston-based Medical University of South Carolina is not just recruiting physicians, it’s recruiting physician’s families, as well. This is the strategy that ultimately brought Erik Summers, MD, chief medical officer, to the system. “My family was very settled in Winston-Salem…
Physicians are increasingly uncertain if their career choice was worth the debt they took on for training — and some of them would not choose medicine again under new federal caps on student loans, according to new data from Panacea…
Radiology and orthopedics tied for the specialties that lead to the highest net worth, an April 24 Medscape report found. Medscape’s 2026 “Physician Wealth and Debt Report” surveyed 5,916 physicians across more than 29 specialties between Sept. 5 and Dec.…
The national shortage of primary care physicians will likely worsen without more daring, targeted strategies to bolster this workforce, according to an April 23 report from Trilliant Health. This workforce shortage is multifactorial. Primary care specialties, including family medicine, general…