Finance & Capital Management

Today, there are several student loan forgiveness and interest relief programs for family doctors and residents—but most are only for physicians working in rural communities.

Michael Bloomberg’s organization Bloomberg Philanthropies is announcing a US$600 million gift to the endowments of four historically Black medical schools.

The British Medical Association said 98.3% of the 8,500 general practitioners who voted backed the work-to-rule action, which falls just short of a strike.

A new hospital in Whitby, Ont., will be built and operational within 10 years, Health Minister Sylvia Jones said Thursday.

“Valuing [our remuneration] is really important to keep pharmacies sustainable," says Shelita Dattani, senior vice president of pharmacy affairs at the Neighbourhood Pharmacy Association of Canada.

Thinking about pharmacy as the balance of taxi and Uber allows the big shifts to organically happen over time. It allows us to maintain the past and build the future while handholding the customer through the changes that affect their pharmacy visit experience.

After sounding the alarm on dishonest practices for more than 15 years, pharmacy groups relieved as FTC report and Congressional hearings rake three top PBMs over the coals and pledge urgent reforms.

Depending on your finances, these changes with impact individual physicians very differently.