The Physicians Foundation seeks to advance the work of practicing physicians and to improve the quality of healthcare for all Americans.
The Physicians Foundation is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization that seeks to advance the work of practicing physicians and to improve the quality of healthcare for all Americans. The Foundation is unique in its commitment to working with physicians nationwide to create a more efficient and equitable healthcare system. It pursues its mission through a variety of activities including grantmaking, research and policy studies. Since 2005, The Foundation has awarded numerous multi-year grants.
Dr. Walker Ray, vice president of The Physicians Foundation, is prominently featured in a Physicians Money Digest article. The piece discusses the Foundation’s efforts to undertake a landmark survey of 650,000 physicians nationwide and give doctors a powerful voice regarding the most pressing healthcare issues facing America.
To read the article in its entirety, please click here.
The Physicians Foundation is conducting one of the largest physician surveys ever undertaken in the United States. The survey examines physician morale, career plans, and practice metrics. Results of the survey will be sent to policy makers, physician leaders, the media and the public.
This is your key chance to LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD!
Take the survey here.
Reuters published a story on the results of the Next Generation Physician Survey, which surveyed 500 doctors 40 years of age or under about their thoughts, motivations and concerns regarding practice arrangements and the future of the U.S. healthcare system.
Fifty seven percent of young physicians (40 years of age and under) are pessimistic about the future of the U.S. healthcare system, according to a new survey commissioned by The Physicians Foundation.
The Physicians Foundation is committed to disseminating resources that support physicians in the full range of practice settings.
The Physicians Foundation recently awarded nearly $500,000 in grants related to building physicians’ leadership skills. The grants were provided to healthcare organizations, universities and medical society foundations located across the country.
The president of The Physicians Foundation, Lou Goodman, and Executive Director Tim Norbeck penned an opinion editorial piece for the January issue of Physicians News Digest about the areas of healthcare reform that will impact practicing physicians in 2012. The
Lou Goodman, the president of The Physicians Foundation, is prominently featured in an article in HealthLeaders about the key issues facing practicing physicians in the year ahead. The Physician Watch List for 2012, which was released in December 2011, and
Becker’s Hospital Review published a recent story on the Foundation’s Physician Watch List for 2012. The article highlights each of the five trending issues that will impact practicing physicians in the year ahead. To read the full story, please click
Lou Goodman is featured in an article in Healthcare Finance News about the five key areas of importance for practicing physicians in 2012. The article also highlights the Foundation’s commitment to assisting physicians in delivering high quality healthcare. To read
Tim Norbeck, executive director of The Physicians Foundation, was quoted in a Medical Office Today story. The article features the five key issues facing medical practices and physicians, as outlined in the Physician Watch List for 2012. To read the
Healthcare Intelligence Network published a story about the Foundation’s Physician Watch List for 2012. The article highlights the research used to identify the key issues that will impact practicing physicians in the year ahead. To read the article, visit the
Healthcare Finance News published a story on the decline of private practice over the course of 2011. Dr. Walker Ray, vice president and chair of the Research Committee, is quoted in the piece. To read the full article, visit Healthcare
An open source physician projection model that was funded by The Physicians Foundation is discussed in a Health Workforce News article featuring Dr. Erin Fraher, director of the North Carolina Health Professions Data System at the Cecil G. Sheps Center
The Physicians Foundation has identified a Physicians Watch List for 2012 that includes five key issues that will impact practicing physicians in the year ahead. The Physicians Watch List for 2012 is based on research the Foundation released earlier this year, including the 2010 Health Reform Research Study and 2011 Roadmap for Physicians to Healthcare Reform Paper.
Lou Goodman, president of The Physicians Foundation, was featured in a HealthLeaders story regarding independent physician practices and employment trends. The article highlights the Foundation’s efforts—including physician leadership grants and research studies—to help support physicians and the challenges they face in a constantly changing healthcare environment. To read the article in its entirety, please click here.
Today, California Healthline published a story on the physician shortage and recent cutbacks to California's Medicaid program. William Guertinm, who represents the California Medical Association on The Physicians Foundation board of directors, is quoted in the piece. To read the story, visit California Healthline here.
The Physicians Foundation announces that it has awarded a $130,000 planning grant to the Vermont Medical Society Education and Research Foundation to help fund the creation of a statewide Physicians’ Resource Center. This Center will work to build physicians’ leadership skills to help solve problems that directly interfere with the everyday processes of patient care.
The $750K grant delivered by The Physicians Foundation to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was featured in a second story by Healthcare IT News. In this follow-up article, the reporter interviews Dr. Alan Plummer, chair of the grants committee, as well as Erin Fraher and Dr. Thomas Ricketts of UNC to discuss the web-based model that will predict physician shortages. To read the story, visit Healthcare IT News here.
Information Week published a story about The Physicians Foundation grant to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to create a model that will track physician distribution around the United States. In the article, Dr. Alan Plummer, chair of the grants committee, discusses the issue of physician shortages. To read the piece in its entirety, please visit Information Week here.
The Physicians Foundation is featured in Healthcare IT News and Health Data Management highlighting its $750K grant to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The stories detail how the grant will develop a web-based projection model to track physician workforce needs across the United States. To view both articles, please click on the outlet links: Healthcare IT News and Health Data Management.
The Physicians Foundation announces it has awarded a $750K grant to the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to develop a dynamic, web-based projection model that tracks where physician shortages are most problematic across the United States. “This tool will further enhance our ability to identify where physicians are most needed to support our patients and growing healthcare system,” said Dr. Alan Plummer, a Foundation spokesperson.
The Physicians Foundation is featured in a broadcast television segment that aired on NBC 10 in Providence, Rhode Island. The story highlights the $1 million dollar grant the Foundation provided to Health Leads in order to address the underlying social and economic needs that impact the health of patients living in Providence and five other cities across the U.S. To view the segment, please visit Turnto10.com here.
The Physicians Foundation released a report for private practice physicians, which examines the provisions of the ACA and how these legislative changes will directly impact their practice of medicine. The report, titled “A Roadmap for Physicians to Health Care Reform,” provides physicians with an in-depth perspective on the issues that are influencing current reform efforts as well as the major legislative changes that hold the most significance, such as changes in payment systems, quality reporting, shared savings programs and the changes reshaping the private health insurance market.
The Houston Chronicle published an op-ed piece written by Lou Goodman and Tim Norbeck of The Physicians Foundation discussing the increasing trend of large hospital systems and the decline of small / solo medical practices in America’s health care system. The article also emphasizes the importance of physicians and patients playing a greater role in the health care reform debate. To read the article in its entirety, please visit the Houston Chronicle here.
The Physicians Foundation is pleased to share the Washington Report, written by long-time friend to physicians, Lee Stillwell. Earlier this year, the Foundation engaged Mr. Stillwell to monitor and provide regular updates to the Foundation’s board on the health care reform debates in Washington DC.
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