By now, Dr. Lorna Breen’s story has become a rallying tale for despondent and burned-out physicians being pushed past the edge during the pandemic. After the New York emergency room physician who treated COVID-19 patients … Read More

The Association of American Medical College’s oft-cited annual physician shortage report squarely places the cause for the growing physician shortfall on more physicians leaving practice due to retirement or burnout in tandem with a growing … Read More

Noting the inequities exposed in U.S. health care by the COVID-19 pandemic, a California Health Report opinion article says that the physician shortage will only exacerbate the future health of our nation. Growing minority populations … Read More

Citing a bottleneck created by the residency requirement for becoming a practicing physician, a recent article in Verywell Health takes an in-depth look at Medicare’s role in funding residency positions.

Verywell notes that 85% of … Read More

By Patsy Newitt | Becker’s ASC Review

The already looming physician shortage was accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic — pushing physicians to plan for early retirement. 

“I believe an aging physician population will adversely impact … Read More

By G. Richard Olds, Opinion Contributor | The Hill

America will face a shortfall of up to 124,000 doctors by 2034, according to alarming new data from the Association of American Medical Colleges. This … Read More

Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Nevada’s Medicaid health plan has committed $75,000 to fund a new University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine (UNR Med) initiative called See It To Be It. This initiative … Read More

By Maria Marabito and Christopher A Scannell, MD, PhD | Healio

A project that restructured primary care health professional shortage area designations could improve the distribution of primary care clinicians and resources in the United … Read More