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Yahoo
10-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
AMN Healthcare to Hold Second Quarter 2025 Earnings Conference Call on Thursday, August 7, 2025
DALLAS, July 10, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. (NYSE: AMN), has scheduled a conference call to discuss its second quarter 2025 financial results and third quarter 2025 outlook on Thursday, August 7, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. On the same day, the Company also expects to issue an earnings news release after market close at approximately 4:15 p.m. Eastern Time. A live webcast of the call can be accessed through this webcast link, which also will be available on AMN Healthcare's investor relations website. Interested parties may participate live via telephone by registering at this conference call link. Please follow the link and register with a valid e-mail address. A PIN will be provided to you with dial-in instructions. If you lose track of these details, please re-register at the conference call link above. Following the conclusion of the call, a replay of the webcast will be available at the Company's investor relations website, About AMN Healthcare AMN Healthcare is the leader and innovator in total talent solutions for healthcare, bringing together the people, processes and technology to deliver better care. Through a steadfast partnership approach, we solve the most pressing workforce challenges to enable better clinical outcomes and access to care. In 2024 our healthcare professionals reached nearly 15 million patients at more than 2,100 healthcare systems, including 87 percent of the top healthcare systems nationwide. We provide a comprehensive network of quality healthcare professionals and deliver a fully integrated and customizable suite of workforce technologies. For more information, visit The Company's common stock is listed under the symbol 'AMN' on the New York Stock Exchange. For more information about AMN Healthcare, visit where the Company posts news releases, investor presentations, webcasts, SEC filings and other material information. The Company also utilizes email alerts and Really Simple Syndication ('RSS') as routine channels to supplement distribution of this information. To register for email alerts and RSS, visit Contact:Randle ReeceVice President, Investor Relations and Strategy866-861-3229Web site: in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Yahoo
09-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
AMN Stock Gains Post Latest Deals With symplr to Boost Operations
AMN Healthcare Services, Inc. AMN announced the sale of its Smart Square scheduling software to symplr for a total price of $75 million last week. The companies also entered a commercial partnership that ensures customers derive benefits from symplr's operational technology and AMN's healthcare workforce solutions. It is worth mentioning that symplr is a renowned player in the enterprise healthcare operations software space. The partnership is expected to significantly strengthen AMN Healthcare's Scheduling and Staff Planning business under its Technology and Workforce Solutions segment, thus boosting its business in the niche space. Following the announcement, shares of the company gained nearly 0.5% till yesterday's close. Historically, the company has gained a high level of synergies from its various deals. We expect market sentiment on the stock to remain positive around this announcement, too. AMN Healthcare currently has a market capitalization of $843.9 million. It has an earnings yield of 4.8%, better than the industry's 4.2%. In the last reported quarter, AMN delivered an earnings surprise of 136.8%. Per AMN Healthcare, healthcare organizations are increasingly demanding integrated, efficient workforce management solutions that work together effortlessly. By uniting its strategic workforce advisory, planning and analytics solutions with symplr's workforce software, the combined capabilities will likely streamline workforce optimization, scheduling, timekeeping and administrative processes for hospitals and health systems nationwide. Additionally, management believes that the commercial partnership will likely enhance AMN Healthcare's WorkWise technology suite by connecting clients with additional digital offerings that extend workforce management systems clients already use. AMN expects to align with partners like symplr for enhanced functionality and deliver an end-to-end solution for planning, staffing, scheduling, talent acquisition and workforce deployment that adapts to the evolving workforce needs of healthcare organizations. symplr's management believes that bringing AMN's Smart Square's AI-driven scheduling engine into its Operations Platform will likely aid it address the emerging and dynamic needs of the healthcare workforce. Per a report by Grand View Research, the global workforce management market was valued at $8.07 billion in 2022 and is anticipated to reach $19.35 billion by 2030 at a CAGR of 11.7%. Factors like workforce optimization, increasing cloud deployment and technological advancements are likely to drive the market. Given the market potential, the latest announcement is expected to provide a significant boost to AMN Healthcare's business. In May, AMN Healthcare announced its first-quarter 2025 results, wherein the Technology and Workforce Solutions segment's Language services revenues were up 4.9% year over year. Shares of the company have lost 53.4% in the past year compared with the industry's 15.6% decline. The S&P 500 has gained 10% in the same time frame. Image Source: Zacks Investment Research Currently, AMN carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). Some better-ranked stocks in the broader medical space are Boston Scientific Corporation BSX, Cencora, Inc. COR and Integer Holdings Corporation ITGR. Boston Scientific, carrying a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) at present, has an estimated long-term growth rate of 13.2%. BSX's earnings surpassed estimates in each of the trailing four quarters, the average surprise being 8.8%. You can see the complete list of today's Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here. Boston Scientific's shares have surged 32.5% compared with the industry's 11.6% growth in the past year. Cencora, carrying a Zacks Rank of 2 at present, has an estimated long-term growth rate of 12.8%. COR's earnings surpassed estimates in each of the trailing four quarters, the average surprise being 6%. Cencora has rallied 33.2% against the industry's 15.6% decline in the past year. Integer Holdings, carrying a Zacks Rank of 2 at present, has an estimated long-term growth rate of 18.4%. ITGR's earnings surpassed estimates in three of the trailing four quarters and missed once, the average surprise being 2.8%. Integer Holdings' shares have gained 3.5% against the industry's 11.2% decline in the past year. Want the latest recommendations from Zacks Investment Research? Today, you can download 7 Best Stocks for the Next 30 Days. Click to get this free report Boston Scientific Corporation (BSX) : Free Stock Analysis Report Cencora, Inc. (COR) : Free Stock Analysis Report AMN Healthcare Services Inc (AMN) : Free Stock Analysis Report Integer Holdings Corporation (ITGR) : Free Stock Analysis Report This article originally published on Zacks Investment Research ( Zacks Investment Research
Medscape
08-07-2025
- Health
- Medscape
Salaries for Top-Searched Medical Specialties
At a time when physician shortages continue to loom, medical students and other healthcare professionals likely want to know the average annual salaries for the most recruited medical specialties. Salary is a definite consideration when choosing a specialty, especially for recent medical school graduates who may owe $200,000 or more in student loan debt, said Tara Osseck, regional vice president of Jackson Physician Search. She oversees the company's Midwest division and is based in St. Louis . 'It tends to land among the top three biggest factors to consider,' Osseck said about salary. 'But it's not the only factor. And for many providers, it's not even the biggest one. I think physicians tend to choose their specialty based on what they're passionate about.' A recent 2024 report from AMN Healthcare — a company which specializes in providing healthcare staffing solutions — laid out the most requested searches by specialty. 'These specialties that fall on this list really show where the healthcare system is feeling the most pressure,' Osseck said. 'Sometimes it's about access. Sometimes it's about depth of care.' Why did these fields make this list? What is the average annual salary for each of these top recruited fields? Where are these healthcare fields headed in the future? Medscape Medical News turned to the experts to get their takes. Top 10 Most Requested Searches by Specialty For its annual report, AMN Healthcare's Physician Solutions division conducted search engagement in 49 states (excluding Hawaii) and Washington, DC, during the 2024 review period. The review is based on a sample of 2138 permanent physician and advanced practice provider search engagements. Nurse Practitioner (NP) - Average annual salary in 2023-2024: $164,000 NP topped the list for the fourth consecutive year. Starting salaries for NPs were up by 8.6% year over year, 'underscoring the strong demand for advanced practice nurses,' according to the report. 'NPs are filling needs created by the physician shortage and are being used to staff a growing number of urgent care centers, retail clinics, and telemedicine platforms,' the report stated. 'In addition, more specialty medical practices are employing them.' In terms of primary care providers, 'the demand is sky high,' Osseck said, 'because these providers are the first stop for most patients. And we're in a time where…more people are seeking care, fewer physicians are entering primary care fields. So it really is a growing gap at that most foundational level.' Delivery access and physician shortages have been a challenge for years, Mike Coppola, chief operating officer of AMGA Consulting, told Medscape Medical News . 'And so one of the ways organizations are trying to address that is through the use of advanced practice providers like nurse practitioners and physician assistants,' he said. 'So we've seen increased utilization.' Family Medicine - Average annual salary in 2023-2024: $271,000 The average annual starting salary for a family medicine physician grew by 6.27% year over year, according to the AMN report, which also found that these physicians continue to be in demand, although overall demand is down compared to prior years. Fewer doctors going into primary care fields is nothing new, Coppola said. 'Family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics — those primary care specialties have long had this challenge, right? They're not compensated as well as specialists.' Those who go into primary care fields generally don't do it for the money but rather for their 'altruistic value or 'I want to care for others and improve their lives,'' he said. In the past 4-5 years, there have been some changes in how primary care physicians are compensated via relative value units as set by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Coppola said. 'That has helped a little, but not significantly,' he explained. The average annual compensation change between 2017 and 2024 for family medicine doctors was 3.7%, according to an analysis by Coppola's AMGA Consulting. Ob/Gyn - Average annual salary in 2023-2024: $389,000 'Demand for ob/gyns remains strong, while supply may be inhibited by the Supreme Court's Dobbs v. Jackson decision,' the report stated, 'after which fewer medical school graduates opted for ob/gyn residency programs.' The decision did away with the constitutional right to an abortion. Additionally, demand for ob/gyn doctors is 'really market specific because it's typically population driven,' Coppola said. 'If you're in a region that doesn't have population growth or women of childbearing age, then you're going to see less recruitment of obstetrics because there's not as much market need.' Separately, about a decade ago, malpractice rates for obstetrics skyrocketed in some states, Coppola said. 'So physicians either left that state, or they did the other side of ob/gyn and did gynecology only. That has calmed a little bit…' he said. Deliveries and a sometimes more burdensome call schedule than other fields can also lead to burnout and turnover in this field, Osseck added. Internal Medicine - Average salary in 2023-2024: $271,000 Internal medicine is a primary care specialty, like family medicine, and the same trends apply, Coppola said. The decline in rate of demand for these doctors is almost the same as for family medicine, he noted. Internal medicine, similar to family medicine, saw a 3.7% average annual compensation change from 2017 to 2025, according to Coppola, who cited research conducted by his company, AMGA Consulting. Gastroenterology - Average salary in 2023-2024: $531,000 The AMN report found that demand for gastroenterologists has been up and down over the past 6 years. Some of this variability could have been driven by the COVID pandemic, said Coppola. Another factor driving this trend could be private equity groups, which 'like general gastroenterology practices because they generate a lot of revenue,' he said. 'If there was an increase in private equity transactions for GI practices from (20)21 to (20)23, that could have driven the need to recruit more physicians to continue to grow those practices,' Coppola said. 'A lot of those types of transactions, because of broader economic things, have kind of slowed down a little bit. [You've seen] over the last couple of years less transactions as inflation and interest rates have increased.' Radiology - Average salary in 2023-2024: $495,000 'As the US population continues to age, so will the need for diagnostic imaging...,' Osseck said. 'Older adults simply require more CT scans, MRIs, x-rays, everything from heart disease to joint issues to cancer detection. And so that specialty plays, and will continue to play, a vital role in diagnosing and monitoring just about every chronic condition that an aging population will deal with.' Yet with many radiologists nearing retirement age, 'there simply aren't enough new trainees to fill the gap,' Osseck said. Radiologists often face a hefty workload, sometimes reviewing thousands of images every week, so burnout is not uncommon, she said. Many physicians are scaling back their work or opting for teleradiology, 'which can make in-person coverage really difficult to maintain for hospitals,' she said. 'We're seeing more and more organizations offer hybrid roles or figure out creative solutions to allow someone to work completely remotely,' Osseck added. Cardiology - Average salary in 2023-2024: $396,000 'Cardiovascular disease still is the leading cause of death in the United States , so just that alone, I think, continues to drive tremendous demand for cardiologists, especially as we're seeing more patients that are seeking out preventative care or managing chronic conditions,' Osseck said. 'But as people are living longer, they're just going to continue to require more cardiac monitoring, intervention, long-term management.' Today, cardiology encompasses advanced imaging, interventional procedures, electrophysiology, and a number of sub-subspecialty components, Osseck said. 'So as treatment options are expanding and becoming more sophisticated, you do need the subspecialist to be able to meet that demand,' she said. At the same time, there is also a need for replacements for cardiologists who are generalists and are retiring. So it's a twofold need, Osseck said. Anesthesiology - Average salary in 2023-2024: $460,000 'Kind of like radiology, I would say there's a similar path for anesthesia, in that every surgery, every invasive treatment, every major diagnostic procedure need anesthesia support,' Osseck said. As more medical procedures are shifting to outpatient or ambulatory surgery centers, the number of surgeries has also increased, according to Osseck. 'A big trend that we've seen, a lot of organizations really lean into to overcome the challenges of recruiting a physician anesthesiologist is leaning on CRNAs (certified registered nurse anesthetist) to be able to keep up with demand,' she said. 'We're doing more CRNA recruitment now than we probably have in the last 5-7 years.' Post-pandemic, it's been a huge trend to be able to properly staff an anesthesia department, she added. 'Anesthesia has seen a particularly difficult few years with reimbursements lagging compensation,' Coppola said in an email. Hospitalist - Average salary in 2023-2024: $283,000 Over the past two decades, hospitalist has probably been one of the most in-demand specialties, said Osseck. 'I do not see that demand slowing down,' she said. 'Many times, their schedules do rotate to include nights and weekends and holidays. So that schedule is one of the biggest contributors to burnout and turnover in that specialty.' Hematology/Oncology - Average salary in 2023-2024: $444,000 Cancer rates are increasing, 'so therein lies the fact that there's a tremendous need for more oncologists to be able to manage care across really all stages of cancer,' Osseck said. Burnout is highly prevalent within this specialty, she said. 'Oncologists are not only managing really complex medical cases, but they're also supporting patients and their families through very emotionally charged diagnoses and end-of-life decisions. And so burnout is very, very real in this field.' To counteract this intensity, employers are increasingly offering flexible work weeks. 'I'm seeing trends of 3.5- or 4-day work weeks becoming more common for this specialty,' Osseck said. This trend tends to be more prevalent in bigger cities, 'so that leaves many rural hospitals or community hospitals that are struggling to recruit,' she said.
Medscape
19-06-2025
- Health
- Medscape
Wait Times to See Physicians Continue to Climb
Your patient has waited 4 weeks for a 15-minute visit, and you're double-booked and distracted. As physician shortages collide with rising demand, wait times have increased, and appointment delays are the norm, not the exception. Patients are frustrated, and physicians are overwhelmed. In fact, according to a new survey conducted by AMN Healthcare, the average physician appointment wait time in 15 major metropolitan areas has increased by 19% since the survey was last conducted in 2022 and by 48% since it was first conducted in 2004. This translates to patients waiting 31 days on average to book time with a healthcare provider, up from 26 days in 2022 and 21 days in 2004. Medscape continually surveys physicians and other medical professionals about key practice challenges and current issues, creating high-impact analyses. For example, Medscape's Artificial Intelligence (AI) Adoption in Healthcare Report 2024 found that Just 18% of physician offices use AI to create staff schedules, yet 30% predict they'll use AI for this in the future. 19% of physician offices use AI for patient census predictions, yet 40% predict they'll use AI for this in the future. One big surprise about the survey is that appointment wait times weren't even longer, Jeff Decker, president of AMN's physician and leadership solutions division, told Medscape Medical News , adding that in Boston, wait times were the longest (65 days), while Atlanta had the shortest wait times (12 days). 'Anecdotally, we've heard of physician appointment wait times that commonly extend 2 or 3 months or more rather than a few weeks or 1 month,' Decker said. 'We think this may be a result of medical practice consolidation, where more physicians are part of large medical groups than has been the case in the past.' In addition, wait times can vary based on whether (or not) the physician accepts Medicare or Medicaid and tend to be even longer when new patients book an appointment with a specialist. The survey found there was a 42-day wait for obstetricians and gynecologists (ob/gyns), a 40-day wait for gastroenterologists, and a 36.5-day wait for dermatologists, something Dara Spearman, MD, a board-certified dermatologist in private practice in Fort Wayne, Indiana, said sounds accurate. 'There are fewer than 10 dermatologists in Fort Wayne, so this creates quite a backlog,' she said. 'Because dermatologists can treat over 3000 diseases, I'm trying to triage a bit and see if we can overlap with other specialties, like having pediatricians or primary care start treatments for a patient with acne, to leave room for patients who need to see us immediately.' Appointment times for serious cases, such as the skin cancers she sees among her farmer patient population, are Spearman's greatest priority. 'When you're talking about melanoma, time is of the essence,' she said. 'Patients have to get in quickly to get it recognized, and the earlier you get it out, the less likely it is to spread. That's why I use the Secure Chat feature on Epic. This way, when primary care reaches out about something they're worried about, I can get that patient in as fast as possible.' Like Spearman, physicians around the country are coming up with other unique solutions to make sure they can get patients into the office as quickly as their schedules will allow. For one, partnering with other professionals can open up patient appointment slots, and many medical practices today, both in primary care and in specialty areas, are using advanced practice professionals to do just that. 'Medical practices are using locum tenens physicians to extend services and patient access, particularly during peak usage periods,' AMN's Decker said. 'Working alongside nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) will also ease their workload and free up their time.' Partnering with NPs was exactly what Ashish Nanda, MD, director of Stroke and Neuro-Interventional at Providence Health System in Orange County, California, proposed to his hospital as he sketched out the creation of a stroke clinic there, which will open in August 2025. 'I realized that our stroke patients were getting discharged but needed follow-up to prevent another one from occurring,' Nanda said. 'The only way to do that was to see them in clinic, so I proposed a dedicated stroke clinic staffed by one specialist and one NP. With two clinicians, we can see more volume and make sure appointments are easier to book.' Another way to boost efficiency is to 'divide and conquer' health conditions within your own practice. 'For example, one partner in the practice can do skin cancer evaluations while the other can focus on complex dermatology procedures,' Spearman said. 'That can be boring for some physicians, but this can really help with scheduling.' This is something Spearman has observed among her ob/gyn colleagues. 'As ob/gyns get older, many are done with the OB life of being on-call,' she said. 'They can opt to focus instead on pelvic disorders or endometriosis. By rethinking how your practice is run, you can streamline the process for patients, too.' Ultimately, the physicians Medscape Medical News spoke with agree that technology will be the ultimate solution to the extensive physician wait times patients are currently experiencing. 'Right now, physicians are spending 50% of their day on administration, whether it's writing notes, following up on labs, and documenting visits, which means they can't see the many patients that need to be seen in a day,' Nanda said. In turn, if AI can cut that administrative time down to 10%, it means a physician can double the number of patients they see, which will ease the current bottleneck, added Samuel R. Browd, MD, PhD, professor of neurological surgery at the University of Washington and attending neurosurgeon at Seattle Children's Hospital in Seattle. 'Our hope is that the emergence of new technology that's clumped under AI is going to create the ability to have more efficiency within the system and allow the current number of providers to be able to scale what they're able to do,' Browd said. 'I'm doing clinic today and probably spend half of the time, if not more, managing Epic, doing paperwork, and documenting visits instead of engaging with patients.' The goal is for AI-powered documentation tools to become more and more of a norm in the hopes that this will help lessen administrative tasks. 'The more burdened we are, the less quality care we can deliver,' Browd said. 'The hope is that with AI and other emerging tools, we can create a better work environment, too.' Happily, Browd says technology is moving rapidly, which may mean that within the next 3-5 years, it will become increasingly easier to make a doctor's appointment — quickly and efficiently. 'If you fast forward to 5 years down the road, what we do day-to-day will be significantly different and will be beneficial in terms of enabling patients to have better access to care,' he said. This will improve the caregiving experience for physicians, too. 'My hope is that this will also change the work environment for doctors in a positive way,' Browd said. 'This will allow us to get back to being doctors, back to the things that brought us into the field in the first place — like taking our time to care for and listen to patients.'
Associated Press
27-05-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
New Survey Shows Physician Appointment Wait Times Surge: 19% Since 2022, 48% Since 2004
DALLAS, May 27, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The time required to schedule a physician appointment in 15 major metropolitan areas has increased by 19% since 2022 and by 48% since 2004, according to a new survey conducted by AMN Healthcare, the nation's leading healthcare workforce solutions company. The 2025 Survey of Physician Appointment Wait Times reveals that it now takes an average of 31 days to schedule a physician appointment in 15 of the largest metropolitan areas in the United States. This is an increase from 26 days in 2022, the last year the survey was conducted, and from 21 days in 2004, the first year the survey was conducted. 'Average physician appointment wait times are the longest they have been since we began conducting the survey in 2004,' said Leah Grant, president of AMN Healthcare's Physician Solutions division (formerly known as Merritt Hawkins). 'Longer physician appointment wait times are a significant indicator that the nation is experiencing a growing shortage of physicians.' The survey tracked average new patient physician appointment wait times in six specialties: obstetrics/gynecology, cardiology, orthopedic surgery, dermatology, gastroenterology, and family medicine. Average physician appointment wait times in the six specialties include: Average physician appointment wait times for all specialties vary by metropolitan area. Boston has the longest average physician appointment wait time at 65 days, while Atlanta has the shortest at 12 days. The metropolitan areas included in the survey have some of the highest physician-to-population ratios in the country. According to Grant, if patients are having difficulty scheduling appointments in these highly populated areas, it can be assumed that access to physicians may be even more problematic in areas with fewer physicians. 'It's a sobering sign for the rest of the country when even patients in large cities must wait weeks to see a physician,' Grant said. Physician appointment wait times can vary widely depending on the specialty and metropolitan area. Wait times can range from as short as one day to as long as 291 days for a dermatology appointment in Portland, Oregon, as long as 231 days for an obstetrics/gynecology appointment in Boston, as long as 208 days for a gastroenterology appointment in Detroit, and as long as 175 days for a cardiology appointment in Washington, D.C. Physician Medicare and Medicaid Acceptance Rates The survey also indicates that 82% of physicians in the 15 major metropolitan markets accept Medicare as a form of payment. Boston has the highest number of physicians accepting Medicare at 94%, while Atlanta has the lowest at 68%. By contrast, only 53% of physicians in the 15 metropolitan areas accept Medicaid as a form of payment. Detroit has the highest number of physicians accepting Medicaid at 85%, while New York has the lowest at 28%. 'The type of health insurance patients have may impact their access to physicians,' said Leah Grant. 'While Medicare is widely accepted by physicians, Medicaid is less so.' The survey includes data from 1,391 physician offices located in 15 metropolitan areas, including Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Minnesota, New York City, Philadelphia, Portland, San Diego, Seattle, and Washington, D.C. To view AMN Healthcare's 2025 Survey of Physician Appointment Wait Times visit About AMN Healthcare AMN Healthcare is the leader and innovator in total talent solutions for healthcare organizations across the United States. Through a steadfast partnership approach, we solve the most pressing workforce challenges to enable better clinical outcomes and access to care. We provide a comprehensive network of quality healthcare professionals and deliver a fully integrated and customizable suite of workforce technologies.
