Nearly nine in 10 physician groups said who can deliver and lead patient care will be the top state health policy issue in ...

The physician lobby surveyed 64 medical societies and found that most of them were worried about nurses, physician assistants ...

A perfect storm is building in healthcare: retiring doctors, growing provider shortages, and the population shift toward longer life (and more chronic conditions). These concerns have driven some ...

Federal policy makers are examining regulations that require more-stringent supervision, or that limit providers from practicing at the top of their license. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ...

As the physician shortage widens and healthcare costs soar, the industry is hearing more calls to increase the role of advanced practice nurses (APRN). Even though giving nurses primary care authority ...

Although new family medicine graduates intend to provide a broader scope of practice than their senior counterparts, individual family physicians' scope of practice has been decreasing, with fewer ...