Physician Workforce

On March 28, the California Department of Health Care Services began issuing $1 billion in one-time retention payments to physicians and other healthcare workers who worked at certain hospitals and skilled nursing facilities during the COVID-19 public health emergency. 

Resident physicians at Detroit Medical Center filed union authorization cards March 24 with the National Labor Relations Board, according to a March 28 report from Michigan Advance.

The Center for Disease Control has awarded $3 million to the Oklahoma State University Center for Rural Health to improve access to rural healthcare, KWTV reported March 28. 

Here are ten numbers to know from reports Becker's has covered since March 20:

The following are the 10 lowest-paid physician specialities in the U.S., according to data from the "2023 Doximity Physician Compensation Report." The online network service determined the pay growth by analyzing tens of thousands of job postings across its network…

Here are the top 10 highest-paid physician specialities in the United States, according to the 2023 Doximity Physician Compensation Report:

Thirty percent of physicians are likely to pursue side gigs to offset economic pressures such as inflation and Medicare payment cuts, according to Doximity's "2023 Physician Compensation Report." 

Seventy-one percent of physicians have taken or would consider taking pay cuts for more autonomy or work-life balance, according to Doximity's "2023 Physician Compensation Report." 

The number of physicians taking short-term locum tenens assignments has increased by 88 percent since 2015, according to the CHG Healthcare 2023 "State of Locum Tenens Report."

WalletHub recently released a list of the best and worst states to practice medicine, ranking them with an average of two criteria: medical environment and opportunity and competition.