Healthcare

A new report finds rural healthcare is slow to address the factors within their control, such as forecasting provider turnover, planning staffing contingencies, or analyzing the financial impact of their vacancies by Intelliworx Provider vacancies are identified too late to make a difference in rural healthcare. That’s one finding from a new report, jointly produced by Medical Group Management Association (MGMA), Jackson Physician Search and LocumTenens.com. The three businesses teamed up to field a survey of 227 respondents with rural healthcare experience. Of those, 168 respondents are clinicians, and 59 were administrators. Here’s how the report sets this up: “Three-quarters of administrators reported a consequential physician vacancy in the past three years. Among the most consequential vacancies, 65% were still active searches.” Many, if not most, rural healthcare organizations have open searches for providers, so that’s not a surprise. Yet with a clear majority still unfilled, that begs the question […]

New AMN Healthcare 2026 report provides average compensation, based on 1,293 provider searches for salaries, signing bonuses, relocation assistance, student loan repayment and CME allowances for the top 20 providers by specialty by Intelliworx AMN Healthcare, formerly Merritt Hawkins, publishes an annual report that compiles provider recruiting incentive benchmarks. The healthcare recruiting company recently published its 33rd such report. It provides a solid gauge of the going rates for salaries, bonuses and other compensation. One of the things that makes this benchmark report unique is the data source. It’s not opinion data collected through a survey – it’s based on data from searches for providers the company performed. This year’s report is based on a “representative sample of the 1,293 permanent physician and advanced practitioner search engagements” that took place between April 2025 and March 2026. The sample is drawn from a well-rounded range of employers, including hospitals, groups, academics, […]

Direct provider recruiting costs are high in healthcare, but the larger hit is revenue leakage: each unfilled vacancy represents unbilled services; internal recruiting handoffs across search, onboarding, credentialing, and payer enrollment compound the delay by Intelliworx Provider vacancies cut into healthcare finances in two ways: higher operating costs and lost revenue. This hits rural healthcare especially hard because many rural facilities are already operating at break-even margins, or even, unfortunately, in the red. The direct costs of recruiting providers are significant, according to healthcare industry benchmarks we’ve compiled. The total cost per search routinely ranges from $180,000 to $250,000 per provider. That includes a range of line items: the cost of a search firm or in-house team; marketing, job ads and listings; and site visit expenses for a prospective candidate. There is also a laundry list of possible incentives that are all but required to make a competitive offer: relocation […]

New report suggests the shortage is caused by an aging population, increased rates of chronic disease among young people, and a sizable number of physicians reaching retirement age by Intelliworx The healthcare search firm AMN is out with a new report that examines healthcare staffing projections through 2030. It takes a broad look at the provider shortage by analyzing a range of data sources. Among these are their own data sets along with those published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Centers for Disease Control, S&P Global, and the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), among others. AMN takes a broad look at the talent trends affecting healthcare, including those surrounding allied healthcare professionals. It also provides a sound briefing on the shortage of providers, particularly in rural areas, which is our focus as a company. Stay in touch by subscribing to our email newsletter. We will never share […]

Physician search firm highlights how housing shortages and interest rates complicate provider recruitment; home down payments, customized student loan repayment, and a variety of flexible work models offer creative incentives by Intelliworx In a new twist to the shortage of healthcare providers, Jackson Physician Search says that economic uncertainty is “making physicians hesitate to relocate.” “We are in the business of moving people around,” says Regional Vice President of Recruitment for the Western Division Jeff Foster in the report. “It’s a tough time to get physicians to relocate, but if the conditions are right, they will make an exception.” His comments were part of an analysis the physician recruitment company published earlier this year called The New Physician Recruitment Reality: Current Trends and the Road Ahead. It draws from research reports the firm has fielded, along with credible third parties and qualitative input from a handful of their own recruiters. […]