Author: Francesca Mathewes

Wait times to schedule appointments with physicians have climbed higher and higher in recent years.  An AMN Healthcare survey published in May found that it takes an average of up to 31 days to schedule a physician appointment in 15…

President Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act on July 4, which included historic cuts to Medicaid and other significant shifts to healthcare policy.  Here are five ways that the new U.S. budget will impact physicians: 1. The…

Pay gaps across gender, race and ethnicity are still present in medicine, according to a July 8 report published by Medscape. The report, titled “Comparing Your Pay Against Your Peers: Medscape Physician Compensation Report 2025,” surveyed 7,322 physicians across more…

A wave of political and economic shifts over the last several months could be setting the scene for a possible migration of physicians out of the U.S. Several recent data points and reports shed light on growing interest in migration…

Two physicians claim that they are facing retaliation from their employer, Cleveland-based University Hospitals, for their efforts to organize UH physicians, Cleveland.com reported June 24.  Lauren Beene, MD, and Valerie Fouts-Fowler, DO, both pediatricians and leaders of pro-union group Concerned…

The complexity of medical teams’ processes and flows is something that all healthcare professionals can understand.  That complexity only increases as healthcare organizations add physician leadership roles, despite the fact that physicians are rarely given formal leadership training during their…

Here are five physicians making recent headlines, as reported by Becker’s:  1. Wilmington, Del.-based Nemours Children’s Health tapped Mark Twite, MD, as chief of cardiac anesthesia and co-director of Nemours Children’s Cardiac Center in Delaware Valley. In the role, Dr.…

Tung Giep, MD, recently published a book, “The Business of Medicine: The Definitive Guide to Help New  Physicians Start Their Career on the Right Path and Avoid Costly Mistakes,” which reflects on his career in medicine and shares insights into…

Small, rural practices faced disproportionate penalties from CMS’ Merit-based Incentive Payment System in 2025, according to a June 13 report by the American Medical Association. Here are seven takeaways from the report: 1. A large majority — 86% — of…

Here are three updates on unionization efforts by physicians and other healthcare workers since June 1, 2025: 1. Members of the National Union of Healthcare Workers began an open-ended strike June 18 at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland (Calif.) and its satellite…