News Archive

June 1, 2016 - MGMA survey shows surgeons highest paid; less hours doesn't always translate to less pay. It quite literally paid off to be a primary care doctor in 2015, according to a new salary survey from the Medical Group Management Association (MGMA). [ more ]

May 30, 2016 – Welcome to Summer! Two Physicians will be relocating this summer thanks to the efforts of Alpha's Primary Care Team this week. [ more ]

May 25, 2016 - Expert: Improved data submission could help CMS star-ratings problems. Amid a widely-demanded delay of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' latest round of star ratings for hospitals, the ball is in hospitals' court to improve many of the problems the industry sees with the rating methodology, argues a blog post from Health Affairs. [ more ]

May 24, 2016 - The nation's top healthcare leaders overwhelmingly back the Affordable Care Act and support its goal of pushing providers away from fee-for-service medicine and toward delivering value-based care, according to Modern Healthcare's second-quarter CEO Power Panel poll. [ more ]

May 19, 2016 - Walgreens Boots Alliance will expand mental health services, including access to behavioral health treatment via telemedicine, to expand customer options for treatment, screenings and awareness, the company announced today. [ more ]

May 13, 2016 - Nearly one in five reports a likely or definite career change in the next year. While physicians are generally feeling better about their income in 2015, they're feeling worse about the Affordable Care Act than they have in several years, according to survey results announced by the Medicus Firm. [ more ]

May 11, 2016 - Physician employment spikes care costs. The nature of the hospital-physician relationship is in a state of flux that could create further instability for both hospitals and the broader healthcare industry, argues a blog post from Health Affairs. [ more ]

May 5, 2016 - 1 in 6 acute care beds are now in a facility connected a Catholic institution. The number of Catholic-owned or affiliated hospitals in the United States has grown by 22 percent since 2001, and now 1 in 6 acute care beds is in a hospital connected to the church, according to a report released by MergerWatch. [ more ]

May 3, 2016 - Seven of the top 10 most profitable hospitals in the United States are nonprofit facilities that each netted more than $150 million from caring for patients in 2013, according to a study published Monday. [ more ]

April 27, 2016 - Many employers understandably shy away from hiring new grad nurse practitioners. The amount of teaching a fresh NP may need seems intimidating. Or, the employer may have had a negative experience with hiring new grads in the past. [ more ]

April 26, 2016 - An Orthopaedic fellow will be relocating when he finishes training this summer to a beautiful coastal community just outside Portland, Maine. This placement was put together by Kevin Jones and Robert Longmuir of our Surgery Team.

Nassau County, Long Island will be home to a practicing Pulmonologist when she moves outside of New York City. Catherine Hnat-Blain found this applicant his dream job. [ more ]

April 14, 2016 - A single physician generates an average $1,560,688 a year in net revenue on behalf of his or her affiliated hospital, according to the Physician Inpatient/Outpatient Revenue Survey released by Merritt Hawkins, the physician search division of AMN Healthcare Services Inc. [ more ]

April 12, 2016 - When Cedars-Sinai Health System launched a program last year to help young companies get off the ground, it received 500 applications for 11 spots. [ more ]

April 5, 2016 - Shortfall is growing especially acute in rural areas. The doctor will not see you now. The U.S. could lose as many as 100,000 doctors by 2025, according to a recent Association of American Medical Colleges report. [ more ]

April 4, 2016 – Several Physicians secured new positions this week thanks to hard work Alpha Medical Group recruiters. [ more ]

April 1, 2016 - Salary and cost of living are important, but experts say it's also good to keep intangibles in mind. Being a physician may be a high-paying job in general, but making a decision on where to practice can have a marked effect on both the tangible and intangible profits a doctor sees over his or her career, according to an article on WalletHub. [ more ]

March 30, 2016 - National Doctors' Day is held every year on March 30th in the United States. It is a day to celebrate the contribution of physicians who serve our country by caring for its' citizens. [ more ]

March 31, 2016 - Salary and cost of living are important, but experts say it's also good to keep intangibles in mind. Being a physician may be a high-paying job in general, but making a decision on where to practice can have a marked effect on both the tangible and intangible profits a doctor sees over his or her career, according to an article on WalletHub. [ more ]

March 28, 2016 – Alpha assisted three physicians in securing ne positions last week. A Neurologist with an interest in Sleep Medicine, a Pulmonologist with fellowship training in Sleep and an OBGYN. [ more ]

March 21, 2016 – An OBGYN Resident, a Cardiology Fellow and a practicing Nurse Practitioner have all secured new positions with the assistance of Alpha Recruiters. [ more ]

March 18, 2016 - Building collaboration and camaraderie among the keys. The Mayo Clinic is tackling the problem of physician burnout with a program that focuses on increasing collaboration and building camaraderie. [ more ]

March 16, 2016 - Young physicians may appear to have it all. Passion. Youth. Slang you don't understand. However, the current national debt average for graduating medical students is $183,000 according to the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). [ more ]

March 14, 2016 – Our Primary Care Division assisted three physicians and our Psychiatry Department assisted a fellow in securing his first post-training positon last week. [ more ]

March 10, 2016 - The healthcare industry is pulling out all the stops to improve care delivery, but many organizations find it easier said than done. One reason is healthcare leaders overlook the benefits of small, low-risk clinician teams, argues a blog post from Harvard Business Review. [ more ]

March 7, 2016 –Residents and Fellows will be completing their training soon and Alpha is busy assisting them in finding their first post-training positions. [ more ]

March 4, 2016 - Docs say to embrace innovation, compete with quality and efficiency. Just as Uber has shaken up the taxi industry, healthcare may be in for a similar seismic shift, and physicians need to embrace innovative ways of doing business or they may see their patients turn to other alternatives, two doctors write in a perspective piece in the New England Journal of Medicine. [ more ]

March 2, 2016 - If the healthcare industry was depending on physician assistants (PAs) to help solve the expected shortage of doctors in primary care in the coming years, there may be a problem.  A new study from Duke University School of Medicine has found that the job market is luring more PAs to jobs in specialty care rather than primary care practices. [ more ]

March 1, 2016 - The U.S. healthcare system is failing to reach people with limited English proficiency. Clear communication between caregivers and patients is essential to good healthcare, but according to The Daily Beast, the U.S. healthcare system is failing people who have little or no proficiency with the English language. [ more ]

February 24, 2016 - A few years ago, when a young woman delivered her baby at Alleghany Memorial Hospital in Sparta, North Carolina, it was in the middle of a Valentine's Day ice storm and the mountain roads out of town were impassable. [ more ]

February 23, 2016 - Physician recruiters are facing a more challenging and competitive landscape than ever before. Baby Boomer physicians are retiring; Gen-Xers are filling only a portion of their shoes; and recent medical graduates – millennial physicians – are in high demand. [ more ]

February 19, 2016 - Study of 91 nations finds stronger paternity leave improves boardroom gender parity. The upper echelons of most industries are often thought of as a man's world, and healthcare is no exception. [ more ]

February 17, 2016 - Through trial and error, four groups figure out the right roles for advanced practice clinicians . GIVEN THE NEVER-ENDING SHORTAGE of hospitalists, many programs have embraced the idea of hiring nurse practitioners and physician assistants (NPs/PAs). [ more ]

February 16, 2016 - Pennsylvania, New Hampshire and Maryland will have new be the new home to three healthcare professionals thanks to the efforts of Alpha Medical Group recruiters. [ more ]

February 11, 2016 - Noncompete clauses with overly broad scopes difficult to enforce. The proliferation of large-scale healthcare providers has coincided with an uptick in employment clauses barring physicians from taking positions at competing organizations. [ more ]

February 9, 2016 - There is more to hiring employees than determining how well they will perform, especially in healthcare. A highly skilled doctor who nonetheless treats coworkers poorly, for example, is likely to cost your practice more than he or she generates, according to an article from Harvard Business Review. [ more ]

February 8, 2016 – An Occupational Medicine Physician and an Internal Medicine Resident have secured positions with the assistance of Alpha recruiters. [ more ]

February 5, 2016 - Study findings come just as a major accreditation group debates current restrictions. A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) says that longer shifts for surgical residents pose no safety risk to patients. [ more ]

February 3, 2016 - Studies show positive results from programs featuring patient-centered medical homes. There may not be a silver bullet to solve the issues in the U.S. healthcare system, but among the current crop of initiatives to improve cost and quality of care, efforts to buttress primary care provision via the creation of patient-centered medical homes (PCMH) are showing promise, according to a report from the Patient-Centered Primary Care Collaborative. [ more ]

February 2, 2016 – Alpha helped two OBGYNs and a Radiologist secure new positions this week. [ more ]

January 28, 2016 — Ruth Miles, 83, sat in a wheelchair in a small exam room, clutching a water bottle, looking frightened and uncomfortable. She was submitting to the tender scrutiny of Dr. Elizabeth Eckstrom, who scooted her stool so close that she was knee to knee with her patient. [ more ]