Todd Shryock

AMN Healthcare’s 2024 Survey of Locum Tenens Physicians and Advanced Practice Professionals looked at why physicians and advanced practice providers choose to work locum tenens. Here are the key findings:

Operating margins, volume, and revenue have all declined

Can a self-insurance program be terminated -- and other questions practices need to consider before starting.

What regulations do you need to be aware of before starting a self-insurance program?

The steps needed to set up a self-insurance program.

Who is the best candidate for self-insurance?

What can a practice expect to save by self insuring and do you still need traditional insurance as a backup?

What you need to know about self insuring your practice

What you need to know when asking for help in finding your dream job

Physicians are in high demand — here’s how to find your new role

AI may be good at some tasks in the health care industry, but coding isn’t currently one of them

7% of messages generated by AI were deemed unsafe

Is your state seeing more diabetes diagnoses or fewer?

AI helps primary care physicians with the deprescription decision-making process

Breaches are up, but total number of victims is down

While e-cigarettes have their own health risks, they are lower than regular cigarettes, researchers say

Physicians edit AI-generated responses to patient inquiries

Even the presence of bacterial infection did not show a measurable impact

Urgent care, retail clinics, and other alternative care win on convenience, but patients still prefer traditional primary care

AMA survey paints a grim picture of the aftermath of the cyber-attack, with an 36% of respondents reporting the suspension of claim payments.

With 20 announced transactions, this quarter boasts the most significant Q1 activity since 2020

Study shows the impact fears of health care costs have on behavior

12-month inflation rate hits 3.5%, exceeding expectations

Even within primary care, very few physicians are charging for answering portal messages as allowed by Medicare

Patients who received education and treatment simultaneously were more likely to start their treatment and stick with it

AI models evaluated for accuracy in providing preventive medicine recommendations fare poorly compared to humans

A report from HelpAdvisor provides a snapshot of the difficulties patients face in having their prescriptions filled.

Move is the latest in a series of exits from four states

Rajan Kohli, CEO of CitiusTech, shares his thoughts on the health care technology show