SPOTLIGHT -
April 24th 2024
Here’s how to combine best practices, technology and people to find the staff you need.
Health care was an influence in FTC decision, but effects for nonprofits are up in the air.
April 23rd 2024
Federal Trade Commission splits 3-2 on new rule about contract clauses that affect physicians and other health care workers, but ban won't cover nonprofits.
April 17th 2024
Federal regulators announce public meeting next week on issue that is divisive in health care.
April 16th 2024
Morning Medical Update: Summer health checklist; Do you still need your COVID-19 vaccine card?; Five unfulfilled medical fields
The top news stories in primary care today.
USPSTF: Working to improve health
What does the USPSTF do? Its chairman explains.
Morning Medical Update: Disability advocates call for required masking; More medical schools withdraw from U.S. news rankings, Free clinics open in Las Vegas schools
Drivers of health: Speaking to primary care
Drivers of health are a major factor creating stress for primary care physicians.
Physician salaries and average gross billing: Family medicine, specialties, and APPs
Even at 50% collection, doctors generate revenues worth more than their salaries.
Burnout and high labor costs taking a toll on physicians
Report shows physicians are operating in a difficult financial and mental environment
Physician author takes on moral injury in medicine in new book
Wendy Dean, MD, sits down to talk about her new book, "If I Betray These Words: Moral Injury in Medicine and Why It's So Hard For Clinicians to Put Patients First."
Drivers of health: Physicians need connections
To help patients in need, physicians need connections with resources for assistance.
How physicians should handle criticism
Bristling at criticism or negative feedback is natural. Here are the best ways to handle it as a physician.
Morning Medical Update: New primary care program for older adults lacks clinical benefits, The Medical School Admissions Cycle: A Month-by-Month Guide, Is a lingering cough after a cold normal?
Health care employment rates hit pre-pandemic levels
Some sectors fare better than others, but health care employment is most recovered from the big drops that occurred during COVID.
Physicians suffer when hospitals struggle to find digital health solutions
Hospitals know they need digital solutions, but don’t know the best way forward
Marriage, children lead to fewer hours worked, less pay over time for female physicians
Addressing barriers for women doctors could reduce pay gap while expanding the workforce, researchers say.
Morning Medical Update: Emailing your doctor could soon cost you; Understanding why patients are given unnecessary care; Average pay for doctors dropped 2.4% in 2022
Doctors: We want lighter workloads, greater autonomy
Many physicians say they're willing to take pay cuts to achieve these goals
Morning Medical Update: S.C. bill to expand care via physician assistants; Doctors speak out against noncompete relocations; A direct path from high school to med school
Primary care the top match for osteopathic medical students
Placement rate hits record high, expected to grow with final numbers later this spring.
Drivers of health: Outside the doctor’s office
What happens outside the doctor’s office affects patient health.
Morning Medical Update: Primary care and screening for ‘social frailness’; California asks Medicaid to cover rent; AI assists doctors in one of the earliest and largest introductions yet
Health care workers won’t shut up
If your name is Kathy, Beth, Kyle, or Sam, you are more likely to annoy your co-workers
Physician retirements to hit health care industry hard
Burnout is pushing many doctors to retire, but administrators think it is something else
Primary care slots outpace resident interest
Internal medicine and family medicine have some of the largest numbers of positions still open after the matchmaking process despite record number of matches.
Prescribing a plan for long-term care: Why physicians need to prepare for the future
It’s important to note that planning for long-term care is not a one-time event.
Match Day 2023 a reminder of the real cause of the physician shortage: not enough residency positions
Let’s take stock on the real issue of why we don’t have enough physicians.
SECURE 2.0 Act lets retirees defer taxes on retirement plan money longer
How to take advantage of new rules on required minimum distributions and qualified longevity annuities.
The key to fixing physician burnout is the workplace, not the worker
During an AMA webinar, healthcare leaders outlined ways to help doctors deal with burnout.
4 critical student loan concepts to know during tax season
What physicians with student loans need to know.
Health care hiring trends physicians need to know
Workplace predictions for this year and beyond
Health care adds jobs for February, but at slower rate than previous months
Latest national figures show increases in total number of employment and national rate overall.
Physician burnout influencing post-COVID hiring trends
Primary care physicians in high demand in some areas