The Iowa Medical Society said the state faces a "workforce crisis" in healthcare, reported radio station KIWA Sept. 17.
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Just 15% of physicians say that prior authorization "peers" deserve that title, according to an Aug. 30 survey by the American Medical Association.
The New York State Department of Health is providing a $432,000 grant to Syracuse, N.Y.-based Upstate Medical University, reported WRVO Sept. 16.
Over a third of North Carolina residents face difficulties accessing primary care physicians in the state, which is projected to see a shortage of 7,725 physicians by 2030, writes Grace-Marie Turner in a Sept. 12 opinion essay in The Carolina…
As reimbursements from CMS and other payers continue to be misaligned with the cost of keeping practices afloat, physicians face difficult choices about how to lead their practices into the future.
Rhode Island has been named the state with the most vaccinated residents in 2024, with Mississippi named the state with the fewest, according to a study from WalletHub published Sept. 11.
Here are three policy changes that independent physicians say would make a difference in the fight to keep the doors open in the age of healthcare consolidation:
The Louisiana Department of Health has appointed Wyche Coleman, MD, to the state's new deputy surgeon general position, nola.com reported Aug. 28.
Female physicians working in nonrural practices deliver care more frequently via telehealth, according to a Sept. 3 study published in Health Affairs.
In the wake of another year of Medicare payment reductions, the American Medical Association on Sept. 5 called on CMS to be "fully transparent" about the effects of the cuts on physicians and patients.