ABOUT US
Merritt, Hawkins & Associates is the nation's premier physician search and consulting firm.

Representing over 2,500 permanent physician search assignments each year and active in all 50 states, Merritt, Hawkins & Associates leads the physician search industry in all significant categories, including number of permanent search assignments, number of physician placements and annual revenue. We also have achieved more professional endorsements than any other firm in our field.

Established in 1987 in Newport Beach, California, Merritt, Hawkins & Associates began as a
six-person firm working in the western region of the United States. Today, Merritt, Hawkins & Associates is part of a national health care staffing organization called The MHA Group which employs over 700 people and specializes in all areas of clinical health care staffing and consulting.

Headquartered in Irving, Texas, with regional offices in Atlanta, Georgia; Salt Lake City, Utah; and Irvine, California, Merritt, Hawkins & Associates provides comprehensive physician search and consulting services to hospitals, medical groups, managed care plans and other organizations.

Merritt, Hawkins & Associates is proud to be recognized as a national source of physician staffing expertise by publications ranging from The Wall Street Journal to Modern Healthcare. At the forefront of physician staffing trends, our original data and analyses are used as national benchmarks in areas such as:

Physician compensation and recruiting incentives

Inpatient/outpatient revenue generated by physicians for hospitals

Practice preferences of medical residents

Practice patterns of in-practice physicians

Demand for physician services

Community physician needs assessment

Compliance with federal physician recruiting regulations

Please take a moment to review our site, which includes hundreds of physician practice opportunities, as well as information on physician compensation and a wide range of physician staffing trends.

Latest Company News
Doctors: Fed up? Look for this envelope!
New! Merritt, Hawkins & Associates' 2007 Review of Physician Recruiting Incentives
New National Council Formed on Physician and Nurse Supply
AMN Healthcare underwrites efforts to increase the number of physicians and nurses
Order our new book!
Merritt, Hawkins' new book "GUIDE TO PHYSICIAN RECRUITMENT" is now available. Also, you can still order our book "Will the Last Physician in America Please Turn Off the Lights?"

GUIDE TO PHYSICIAN RECRUITMENT