Four forces created the perfect storm to sink physician-owned medicine. There are policies that could help keep it afloat.
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What doctors really think about working locum tenens
Author(s)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:
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