Sports medicine is the fastest growing physician specialty, according to data published by the Association of American Medical Colleges.
Physician Workforce
Geriatric medicine specialties were the top two least-filled specialties in the 2023 National Resident Matching Program results for medicine and pediatric specialties.
Ten specialties filled all their positions in the 2023 Match results for medicine and pediatric specialties.
Between 2021 and 2022, 40% of physicians polled in a survey from the American Medical Association said they had interest in leaving their current organization within two years.
Decatur, Ill., is the urban area with the lowest cost of living, according to a Nov. 21 report from the Council for Community and Economic Research.
New York City's Manhattan borough is the urban area with the highest cost of living, according to a Nov. 21 report from the Council for Community and Economic Research.
The application deadline for CMS' new primary care payment model is Nov. 30.
Florida employs 23,170 physicians, the most of any state.
Here are six hospitals and health systems where workers are forming unions and voting to unionize that Becker's has reported on since Oct. 16:
Only 16 states have more primary care physicians than specialist physicians, according to recent data from KFF.
