hotspot -WSS

hotspot

author：knowledge 2025-09-27 16:22:37 - browse：232

Illustration of miniature doctor figurines standing on a stethoscope with a roll of money to the right. — Adobe

Physician staffing firms, flailing in the wake of a federal law banning surprise bills, are demanding extra payment from hospitals to stay afloat. Hospitals, desperate for doctors to staff their facilities, have little choice but to comply.

It’s a big topic of conversation on for-profit hospital earnings calls. Just last week, major hospital chains said those expenses, known as physician subsidies, were up 20% to 40% from last year. And experts say it’s just as bad at not-for-profit hospitals. It’s a complicated problem that’s gotten worse just as contract labor expenses — hospitals’ hallmark problem of the past three years — ease up.

“This is the new contract labor,” said Whit Mayo, senior managing director with Leerink Partners. “This is the new cost issue that the industry is having to deal with.”

Get unlimited access to award-winning journalism and exclusive events.

Subscribe Log In

Previous article： The cancer drug shortage isn’t new — and neither are the solutions
Next article： Stoke drug shows lower activity against childhood epilepsy

WSS

Will biotech layoffs continue through 2023?

Vertex non

Quicker fix for pulse oximeters urged during FDA public meeting

Will biotech layoffs continue through 2023?

Ending health disparities requires full federal government, panel says

Marc Tessier

hotspot

hotspot

explore

Psychedelics group wrestles with new pharma identity

Biden to sign 'historic' executive order on how US military handles sexual assault cases

Cancer drug shortages should be causing more outrage

Quicker fix for pulse oximeters urged during FDA public meeting

Guidelines to prevent youth baseball injuries need more muscle

General Catalyst, Summa Health deal will turn on physician buy

What does generative AI mean for health care? We asked experts

SAMSHA loosens regulations on methadone treatment centers

The cancer drug shortage isn’t new — and neither are the solutions

An outrageous hospital charge: I paid $710 for an hour of babysitting

focus

Hospitals, health systems can help patients avoid medical debt

Juul spent big to court Black leaders to promote its e

Congressmen charge Covid hearing ‘could have been an email’

Vertex non

Vertex non

Medicare drug price negotiation’s day in court

focus

hotspot

hotspot

entertainment