healthcare employers

10 ways HWM helps rural healthcare recruiting shorten time-to-fill

Purpose-built software suite helps rural recruiters streamline every step of the process – from identifying ideal candidates to credentialing – reducing the time, costs, and administrative burden of healthcare recruiting by Intelliworx One of the keys to overcoming adversity is to focus on the things you can control. What may sound like personal development advice also fits well in a business setting. The challenge facing rural healthcare recruiters is a good example. The shortage of provider talent, while affecting the entire healthcare sector, has hit rural healthcare especially hard. Healthcare recruiters can’t control the availability of the talent pool, but they can improve the recruiting process to be in a better position to make an offer when the opportunity permits. That’s the central thesis behind our Healthcare Workforce Management (HWM) solution. We discovered this business pain through our work with the Healthcare Professional Scholarship Program (HPSP), which is managed by the […]

7 creative ways for rural healthcare employers to recruit providers

From targeted recruitment incentives to community partnerships, less conventional but practical programs may help rural hospitals and clinics successfully attract top medical talent by Intelliworx Recruiting providers is a complicated, expensive and time-consuming process. The persistent shortage of healthcare talent adds layers of complexity. To that end, there’s a voluminous body of healthcare recruiting statistics that is troubling: The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) estimates the U.S. “will face a physician shortage of up to 86,000 physicians by 2036.” “Nearly half (48%) of hospital executives” surveyed by FTI Consulting found that many “believe that their hospitals are not fully equipped to handle current patient volumes.” “More than half (58%) of health system executives expect workforce challenges, such as talent shortages, the need for upskilling, and retention issues, to influence their organizational strategies in 2025,” according to Deloitte. It’s worth noting this is happening at a time when the number […]

The ‘accidental’ building of recruiting software for rural healthcare

While we never intended to build recruiting software for rural healthcare, the power of observation led us to build a crucial solution for an underserved market by Intelliworx There’s an old saying that one problem tends to lead to another. Yet for an observant technologist, sometimes the most unlikely problems in business are synonymous with opportunity. Such was the case with our Healthcare Workforce Management solution. It’s a software product designed to help rural healthcare facilities reduce the time and expense of recruiting providers. The twist in the story is that we didn’t set out with the intention of building this product; rather, we discovered the opportunity in the course of delivering a completely different product. Digitizing forms is just the start of a business process Intelliworx got started more than 20 years ago with the simple idea of helping government agencies modernize their reported 23,000 different forms. Yet digitizing […]

27 healthcare statistics and benchmarks summarizing the recruiting challenges in 2025

Medicine is still a calling, but recruiting providers is twice as hard today; as many as 1,300 new employers vie for the same talent pool by Intelliworx If you want to solve a problem, then you’ve got to spend a lot of time understanding it. That’s why we invest a lot of effort into pouring over healthcare industry surveys and studies. We’ve even fielded one or two of our own. More recently, we filtered through several dozen reports looking for statistics and benchmarks that summarize the healthcare recruiting challenges facing the community. Below is a tidy list of such statistics that are organized around these categories: General healthcare labor statistics Provider recruiting and retention statistics Rural healthcare recruiting statistics Healthcare compensation and benefits statistics Nursing recruiting and retention statistics General healthcare labor statistics 1. U.S. healthcare will be short 86,000 physicians by 2036 The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) […]

Why are rural areas losing independent healthcare providers?

A myriad of challenges, such as the economics of reimbursement, burnout and growing administrative burdens, add to the complications of running an independent medical practice by Intelliworx Rural areas have lost 2,500 independent physicians during a five-year period from 2019 to 2024. At the same time, the number of physician-owned practices in rural areas dropped by 3,300. That’s according to a new data analysis by the Physicians Advocacy Institute and Avalere, a healthcare consultancy. The researchers examined changes in location data in the IQVIA OneKey database during the period. The database contains a practice location that corresponds to a physician’s National Provider Identifier (NPI). The study revealed the following findings: The volume of independent rural physicians declined by 43%; The volume of independent medical practices declined by 42%; The market share of independent rural physicians fell from 42% to 25%; The market share of independent medical practices declined from 58% […]

New survey finds healthcare talent woes spreading to leadership

Recruiting and retention challenges extend beyond providers: 74% of healthcare leaders polled said they have been approached with a new job offer recently; nearly half plan to leave in the next 12 months by Intelliworx Healthcare facilities are already facing an uphill battle in attracting and retaining providers. Now it seems that the challenge is extending to the leadership ranks in healthcare as well. That’s according to a new survey by B.E. Smith Leadership Solutions, a subsidiary of AMN Healthcare. The survey polled 588 healthcare professionals in leadership roles and spelled out the findings in a report titled 2025 Healthcare Leadership Trends. The survey found that while most (79%) are generally satisfied with their positions, nearly half (46%) of healthcare leaders surveyed plan to leave their current role in the next 12 months. Further, more than 6 in 10 respondents (65%) said they plan to leave in a 3–5-year window. The […]

Physician Frustration Mounts Over Denied Treatments [Healthcare Innovation]

Physician Frustration Mounts Over Denied Insurance Claims [Healthcare Innovation]

A recent Intelliworx survey reveals that healthcare providers are increasingly frustrated by insurance companies that override medical decisions, with 74% reporting that insurers decline to cover prescribed treatments at least occasionally. Over a third say it happens frequently. Nearly half of respondents said the time and effort required to gain coverage is too demanding, and 20% expressed strong dissatisfaction with the process. While some providers feel supported by their employers, half believe more could be done to ease the burden of dealing with insurance demands. Alarmingly, nearly 4 in 10 have considered leaving the profession due to these mounting pressures. Read the full article here: The Burden of Treatment Denials on Health Care Providers [Healthcare Innovation]

Treatment Denials Put Strain on Healthcare Providers

Treatment Claim Denials Put Strain on Healthcare Providers [Medical Economics]

Healthcare providers are increasingly burdened by insurance treatment denials, which delay patient care and fuel administrative overload. From time-consuming appeals to unclear approval criteria, physicians face growing frustration and burnout, all while patient trust and outcomes hang in the balance. Many are now calling for policy reform and greater transparency from payers to ease the strain and refocus on care delivery. Read the full article here: The Burden of Treatment Denials on Health Care Providers (Medical Economics)

Stuck in the middle: studies show growing tension between providers and payers

A growing body of data articulates the frustration healthcare providers have with payers over the growing complications caused by claim denials and prior authorizations by Intelliworx Some 44% of healthcare providers have considered leaving their position as a result of the claim denials. That’s according to a still new survey of 211 U.S.-based healthcare providers we recently published (downloadable PDF version here). Unfortunately, our survey is not an isolated example. Over the last 12 months or so, several other studies have drawn similar conclusions and three of those studies follow below. 1. Providers are “caught in the middle” as denials increase Nearly three quarters (73%) of respondents surveyed by Experian Health said “claim denials are increasing.” More astonishingly, the number jumped dramatically from 42% when compared to the same survey the company fielded two years prior. Even when claims are approved, providers aren’t done as 67% say payers are taking […]

A one-page marketing plan for rural healthcare to attract providers

Providers who choose to work in rural communities are drawn there for very different reasons; the key to effective recruitment rests in appealing to those motivations by Intelliworx Rural healthcare facilities are facing challenging financial times. Many have high operational costs combined with a low volume of patients. Patients in such geographies also tend to be older, more susceptible to chronic illnesses and underinsured. That combination drives up the cost of care while imposing a natural limit on cost recovery and revenue. If we sprinkle in a dose of difficulty with insurance, particularly with reimbursement, and we catch a glimpse of the vexing problem it is to deliver healthcare to rural America. The financial stress is having a compounding effect too. For example, an economic analysis by the USDA found 146 rural hospitals in the U.S. either closed or stopped providing inpatient services between 2005 and 2023. Further, the forecast […]

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