Practice Management News

This month’s Healio Gastroenterology Exclusive highlights a problem that we as physicians “feel” either directly or indirectly nearly every day — labor shortages.

Literature has shown that the workforce shortage in gastroenterology may be approximately 12% to 15% by 2025.

The gastroenterologist workforce shortage has gotten worse, especially with the increased demand for GIs.

At last year’s ACG Annual Scientific Meeting, as president-elect, I sat in at the Board of Governors meeting, where the recurrent theme was workforce shortages in gastroenterology and how we were to address the workforce needs of the future.

A 2016 report from the Health Resources and Services Administration National Center for Health Workforce Analysis projected a shortage of 1,630 full-time physicians by 2025 in the field of gastroenterology.

The Senate voted Thursday to confirm Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be the next HHS secretary.

An important part of financial planning for physicians with children can be 529 plans.

NIH’s plan to cut what it pays universities and other entities for indirect costs associated with scientific research would create “extremely challenging” short- and long-term impacts, according to a renowned data scientist and researcher.

NIH’s decision to cut what it pays universities and other entities for indirect costs associated with scientific research would have immediate and far-reaching consequences, according to many academic institutions and professional societies.