Physician Workforce

Here are five recent statistics or developments that illustrate larger concerns and challenges physicians are facing in healthcare: 1. Twenty-two percent of employed physicians are unsatisfied or very unsatisfied with their autonomy at work, according to Medscape’s Employed Physicians Report…

Here are 13 updates on unionization efforts at hospitals, health systems and medical groups since Oct. 1, 2025 as reported by Becker’s: 1. Nurses at University Medical Center New Orleans, represented by National Nurses United, plan to begin a three-day…

A federal policy that went into effect Sept. 21 will require employers to pay a $100,000 fee to sponsor highly skilled workers from other countries.  This policy, however, may disproportionately impact areas in the U.S. already facing severe healthcare shortages,…

Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Sanford Health is in the midst of a sweeping expansion, inking four major deals in the past year that are reshaping its physician network and competitive positioning across the Upper Midwest. As the largest rural health system…

A new class of medical schools is opening across the U.S., designed to expand access to training and bring more physicians to communities facing growing care demands. Below are five new medical schools that opened or were announced this year.…

Physician and healthcare CEO pay continues to climb. And for physicians, growing pay disparities, steep proposed Medicare cuts and years of inflation-adjusted declines, are reshaping how much physicians really take home. Here are 10 breakdowns of both physician and CEO…

The White House has confirmed the $100,000 fee associated with H-1B visa petitions applies only to new applicants outside the U.S., The Wall Street Journal reported Oct. 20. Here are four other things to know about the update: 1. Employers…

While the U.S. contends with a projected shortage of 86,000 physicians by 2036, the American Board of Medical Specialties contributes to the bottleneck of physicians into the workforce, Paul Teirstein, MD, claims in a viewpoint published in the Wall Street…

Between artificial intelligence breakthroughs and mounting insurance and reimbursement pressures, physicians across all specialties are grappling with a rapidly evolving healthcare landscape.  Here are five trends keeping physicians up:  1. The promise and pressure of AI  Artificial intelligence is reshaping…

Tens of thousands of Kaiser Permanente workers across multiple states have ended their planned five-day strike, union leaders and the health system said in statements shared with Becker’s. Four notes: 1. The strike, which ended Oct. 19, involved approximately 30,000…