Speaker announced for Sept. 20 final DFWHC/Hall Render event

09/06/2017

Robert Hicks, an attorney with Hall Render whose area of expertise is health law involving post-acute and long-term care providers, was announced today as the speaker of the September 20 educational event “Timeshare Arrangements for Visiting Physicians” from 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. at Las Colinas Country Club in Irving (please note the new location). The complimentary session is the … Read More

Recruiting Foreign Healthcare Professionals – Lessons Learned

07/17/2017

As demand for healthcare professionals continues to rise, more and more healthcare employers find themselves dealing with candidates for positions as physicians, nurses, therapists and other healthcare professionals who are not U.S. citizens or permanent residents. In order to deal with increasing employee shortages, hospital leaders have increasingly had to develop policies for utilizing the immigration system to sponsor foreign … Read More

DFWHC Foundation report noted in D Healthcare story on new TCU/UNT medical school

07/07/2015

A study prepared for the DFW Hospital Council Foundation’s North Texas Regional Extension Center (NTREC) by Merritt Hawkins exposing major gaps in Texas’ physician workforce was noted in a story this morning in D Healthcare Daily on the new medical degree program to be offered by the University of North Texas Health Science Center (UNT) and Texas Christian University (TCU). … Read More

Physician shortage! – DFWHC study detailed by D Healthcare Daily

04/29/2015

A study produced by the DFW Hospital Council Foundation, the North Texas Regional Extension Center and Merritt Hawkins revealing a statewide shortage in physicians was detailed this morning in a D Healthcare Daily story. You can read the full article here.