Lawrence Casalino, MD, Ph.D., director of the Physicians Foundation Center for the Study of Physician Practice and Leadership at Weill Cornell Medicine (CPPL) shares the new Center’s goals and research focus in a Q&A with Medical Economics.

Prior authorizations, among other sources, are a top third-party interference for physicians, according to the Medical Economics Annual Physician Report. Ripley Hollister, MD, board member of the Physicians Foundation, explains how third-party interferences contribute to physician burnout.

How bad is the problem of physician burnout? Nearly half of physicians say that they often or always feel burned out, according the Physicians Foundation 2016 Survey of America’s Physicians: Practice Patterns and Perspectives. Read more via Becker’s Hospital Review.

Walker Ray, MD, and Tim Norbeck, president and CEO of the Physicians Foundation, discuss via Forbes new studies that indict the U.S. healthcare system directly and, by inference, America’s physicians.

In 2016, 13.5 percent of physicians were planning to look for a nonclinical job in healthcare in the next 1 to 3 years, according to the Physicians Foundation 2016 Physician Survey. Read more via Medscape.

Walker Ray, MD, and Tim Norbeck, president and CEO of the Physicians Foundation, share the Foundation’s response to the CMS’ request for information regarding a “new direction” for the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation via Health Affairs Blog.

Jennifer Hanscom, CEO of the Washington State Medical Association and a board member of the Physicians Foundation, shares via Forbes how sky high drug prices can be controlled.

The Physicians Foundation 2016 Survey revealed that 47 percent of U.S. physicians may retire sooner than planned. Becker’s Health IT & CIO Report further discusses physician burnout.

Read consumers’ top healthcare concerns as reported in the Physicians Foundation 2017 Patient Survey via DoctorsLounge.

Bob Seligson, Physicians Foundation board member, discusses how physicians must demonstrate by example their leadership skills. Read more via ENTtoday.