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The 300 nominees for Modern Healthcare's 12th annual 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare competition.
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Family medicine and other primary-care specialties topped the list of specialties chosen by this year's crop of graduating osteopathic medical students, according to the American Osteopathic Association's 2013 “match day” results.
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This year's ranking of the 100 Most Influential People in Healthcare includes 18 newcomers as well as eight honorees who have been on every list since it started in 2002.
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The advocacy group for the nation's medical schools came out this week in support of new legislation to fund 15,000 more residency slots.
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The Association of American Medical Colleges voiced its support for a new bill aimed at increasing transparency and accountability in graduate medical education, as long as the bill is part of a package that also increases the number of Medicare-supported residency positions.
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A survey from the Association of American Medical Colleges predicts that by 2016, first-year enrollment in U.S. medical schools will nearly match the 30% increase in enrollment that the association called for in 2006 to address a looming physician shortage. AAMC President and CEO Dr. Darrell Kirch...
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The head of the Association of American Medical Colleges is speaking out against potential payment cuts for teaching hospitals that were included in the CMS' proposed inpatient prospective payment system rule for fiscal 2013.
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Since it began in 2005, 147 different individuals have appeared on the Modern Healthcare/Modern Physician list of the 50 Most Influential Physician Executives, but only one—Dr. Gary Gottlieb, president and CEO of Partners HealthCare, Boston—has made it on the list all eight years.
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The eighth annual Modern Healthcare/Modern Physician ranking of the 50 Most Influential Physician Executives is indicative of the transformation the healthcare industry is undergoing.
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The 50 Most Influential Physician Executives in Healthcare are presented by order in this year's ranking.
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