California Health Sciences University College of Osteopathic Medicine has launched the Central Valley’s first physical medicine and rehabilitation residency program in Fresno, Calif., in partnership with United Health Centers of the San Joaquin Valley, Fox 26 News reported Aug. 11.…
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Aultman Health System and Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED) formalized a partnership Aug. 11 to expand clinical training and strengthen Ohio’s physician pipeline. The agreement, signed in Canton, Ohio, establishes a strategic framework for medical education and clinical training between…
Schenectady, N.Y.-based Ellis Hospital has sued Albany, N.Y.-based St. Peter’s Health Partners Medical Associates, alleging the physician group is using noncompete agreements to prevent 27 cardiologists from joining Ellis. The complaint was submitted Aug. 12 in New York Supreme Court…
The US healthcare system has quietly come to depend on foreign-born physicians to fill gaps in the workforce, especially in rural reas The U.S. consistently creates more residency positions than it graduates, international medical graduates — especially noncitizens — fill…
More than half of nurse practitioners reported experiencing burnout, depression or both, according to Medscape’s “Nurse Practitioner Burnout & Depression Report 2026.“ The report, published Aug. 11, collected responses from 770 nurse practitioners practicing in the U.S. Here are 10…
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Here are 12 updates on unionization efforts and other labor organizing among clinicians and hospitals and health systems in July, as reported by Becker’s: 1. About 10,000 registered nurses represented by Teamsters Local 2024 reached a tentative agreement with Corewell…
Many physician leaders are reporting a troubling pattern: Physicians who sell their practices to private equity, cash out and then end up recreating the same predatory terms on the physicians coming up behind them. Private equity consolidation is reshaping medicine…
Three states delivered three different versions of the same policy fight this year, over whether nurse practitioners can practice without a supervising physician, highlighting unstable ground even as the overall trend keeps moving toward independence. A pandemic-era waiver in New…
HCA Healthcare’s acquisition of Valesco was initially a financial drag. Now, executives say the physician platform is stabilizing costs, strengthening payer negotiations and giving the company greater control over services central to hospital operations. Nashville, Tenn.-based HCA fully acquired Valesco,…
The rules around physician and healthcare worker noncompetes are changing faster than most employment contracts get reviewed, with at least six states enacting new restrictions or bans in 2026. Several more states are actively considering legislation — while the FTC…