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Doctor ‘Wage Theft’ Is Not Without Consequences By N. Adam Brown, MD, MBA, Contributing Writer November 30, 2023   If you worked retail or behind a fast-food counter in the pre-digital age, you may remember the time clock and cha-chunk sound it made when you signed in and out of your job. (Okay, it was […]

After Affirmative Action — Working toward Equitable Representation in Medicine By Somnath Saha, M.D., M.P.H November 9, 2023   In response to the new U.S. Supreme Court ban on race-conscious admissions, medical schools have an opportunity to refocus on affirmative action’s original vision.   [Preview of article unavailable due to paywall]   [READ FULL ARTICLE

Provisional Estimates of Suicide by Demographic Characteristics: United States, 2022 By Sally C. Curtin, M.A., Matthew F. Garnett, M.P.H., and Farida B. Ahmad, M.P.H. Published November 2023   Abstract Objectives – This report presents the provisional number of deaths due to suicide in 2022 by demographic characteristics (age, sex, and race and Hispanic origin) compared

Suicides in U.S. hit historic high in 2022, driven by increase among older adults By Emily Alpert Reyes November 29, 2023   Rising rates of suicide among older adults drove the number of such deaths to a historic high in the United States last year, even as suicide declined among youth, according to a report

The Broken Medicare System Is Forcing Physicians Out by Rick W. Snyder II, MD November 20, 2023   In any career, 25 years of dedicated work is a lot to let go of. In medicine, it amounts to hundreds of patient relationships, and the blood, sweat, and tears that go into starting and maintaining a

U.S. Physician Workforce Data Dashboard 2023   U.S. Physician Workforce Data Dashboard The U.S. Physician Workforce Data Dashboard provides the most current data available about the physician workforce across specialties in a series of interactive dashboards. The U.S. Physician Workforce Data Dashboard combines data previously published in two separate AAMC workforce studies reports, Physician Specialty

Compensation Is Key to Fixing Primary Care Shortage By Michelle Andrews Published November 16, 2023   Money talks.   The United States faces a serious shortage of primary care physicians for many reasons, but one, in particular, is inescapable: compensation.   Substantial disparities between what primary care physicians earn relative to specialists like orthopedists and

Elizabeth Warren Has an ObamaCare Epiphany Opinion by The Editorial Board Published November 24, 2023   It took 13 years, but Elizabeth Warren is at long last acknowledging that ObamaCare has increased healthcare prices and industry consolidation. Who would have believed it? Government price controls and profit caps have resulted in unintended consequences.   The

10 states predicted to have the greatest physician shortages in 2030 By Riz Hatton Published March 2, 2022   California is expected to experience a shortage of 32,669 physicians by 2030, according to a study published in Human Resources for Health.   The study, published Feb. 6, analyzes current and future physician job surplus and

AAMC Supports Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2023 By Stuart Heiser Published March 29, 2023   Reps. Terri Sewell (D-Ala.) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) today introduced the Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2023. This bipartisan legislation would gradually expand the number of Medicare-supported medical residency positions by 14,000 over seven years. The AAMC