October 2nd 2025
More than 1 million legally authorized workers may lose their jobs, raising new staffing and compliance challenges for independent practices.
September 16th 2025
Burnout, pay concerns and limited career growth drive workforce instability as employees push for education benefits and AI training.
September 15th 2025
CMS announces application details as RFK calls it ‘the largest investment ever made’ to improve rural health.
September 3rd 2025
SullivanCotter survey shows faster wage growth for frontline roles as systems juggle costs and retention.
August 18th 2025
A bipartisan proposal could bring needed relief for immigrant workers and physicians.
National Academy of Medicine: 2023 must become year of action against burnout
President speaks on need for systemic changes that will make a difference for physicians in the workplace.
Health care sector among those posting job gains in December
President praises gains, touts insulin price cap for seniors as part of economic plan.
FTC moves to ban noncompete agreements in work contracts
Clauses are part of physician employment agreements and some states already regulate them.
Hospitals post 11th straight month of negative operating margins
November 2022 margin was slightly better than October last year.
Physicians Foundation survey points to real challenges, potential solutions for 2023
CEO discusses findings and low morale, social determinants of health, telehealth.
Top administrative challenges of 2023: Staffing
The No. 2 administrative challenge facing physicians in 2023.
Four factors that will likely affect health care in 2023
The health care industry will face myriad challenges in the coming year
Five trends for health systems in 2023
Adaptability and flexibility will be needed to deal with for challenges next year.
Waiting room concierge may improve customer service for primary care patients
No additional staff needed to let patients know if docs are running on time.
Health care adds jobs for November
National unemployment rate hovers at 3.5% to 3.7% since March, according to latest government figures.
Majority of health care workers losing sleep over their financial situation
65% say they are already living paycheck-to-paycheck
Hospitals on notice about adding measures to curb growing problems of workplace violence
CMS publishes memo to reinforce safety standards for physicians, support staff, and patients.
Integrated care could improve outcomes for patients while reducing burnout for physicians
Collaboration can add to professional fulfillment in family medicine, mental health.
U.S. health care a ‘very mixed picture’ with challenges for primary care, staffing
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality publishes state of the industry report.
How staff levels affect office burnout
Maximize licensure use at every level to avoid burnout.
Morale deteriorates in medical profession as doctors deal with staffing challenges, administrative burdens
‘Devastating effects’ showing up in primary care, according to latest findings by The Physicians Foundation.
When staffing affects physician office productivity
Staff, productivity, revenue: An interesting correlation.
Quick to the middle
Responding to market forces by being dynamic and flexible with staff pay.
Best practices for recruiting talented staff for your practice
Medical practices must go beyond simply offering competitive salaries and benefits packages to attract new talent and keep their best clinicians and administrative staff working for them.
Six strategies to mitigate provider burnout
Physicians must lead a team effort to generate support at every level of the organization.
Mistreatment of physicians with disabilities is widespread, study finds
Offensive remarks, threats of violence come from coworkers and patients alike
Health care leads job growth for September as national unemployment rate drops to 3.5%
Feds to revise questions about COVID-19 effects on jobless rate and will ask about telework.
Feds announce $346M to address worker shortages in health care
Programs will add community health workers, nurses in primary care, other specialties, and public health.
Patients, careers suffer when burnout builds up for physicians
International study examines intertwined effects as problem approaches global crisis.
Supply, demand out of balance for primary care, behavioral health in cities across U.S.
Analyst uses hyperlocal data to understand current and forecasted physician shortages.
COVID-19 had ‘profound’ effect as physician burnout rose in 2021
Family physicians were among those most at risk for increased burnout in pandemic.
Health care employment grows, but national jobless rate creeps up in August
Sector had 16.45 million jobs last month, according to federal figures.
Health care jobs rebounding, but COVID-19 effects will linger for years
“Relatively recession-proof” sector tanked in spring 2020, but not as badly as overall economy, report says.
Night shift work reduces doctors’ empathy for pain: study
Physicians found to prescribe less pain medication during the night than the day
National Academy of Medicine readies health workforce well-being plan
Seven priority areas emerge from process that began before COVID-19 pandemic.