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The corporate medicine crackdown is hitting the wrong target, says economist Wayne Winegarden, Ph.D.

Patients trust AI almost as much as their doctors — and the system isn't built for that

From wound to amputation: A physician explains why diabetic foot ulcers demand urgent attention

Healthcare doesn't have a prediction problem. It has an action problem.

Medicare patients pick GLP-1 shots over pills; Florida pharmacist convicted in massive oxycodone scheme; female ER physicians order more tests — Morning Medical Update
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Better care, shorter careers for women physicians, with Lisa Rotenstein, M.D., MBA, M.Sc.
Female physicians leave clinical practice at a median age of 49, compared with 64 for their male colleagues, and the practice patterns patients value most may be part of what drives them out.

What most physicians get wrong about direct primary care, with Josh Umbehr, M.D.
Most physicians know the direct primary care pitch; whether the economics hold up once you're in it is the more difficult question to answer.

Same procedure, 12 times the price: U.S. Women’s Health Alliance sounds the alarm
A reimbursement gap of five to 12 times for the same procedure is letting hospitals outbid private practices for their own physicians. Three U.S. Women's Health Alliance advocates explain what it costs patients and what they are asking Congress to do about it.

What your practice is actually worth, with Andy Colbert of Ziegler
Independent medical practices face a hard question as consolidation accelerates: keep going it alone, or find a partner. Ziegler's Andy Colbert breaks down what a practice is really worth and how physicians should weigh their options.
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Health care fraud, new payment models and AI are all in play in evolution of accountable care

Overhead swallows roughly 60% of the typical practice's revenue, and most of it sits in a few line items. These nine moves pull real money off that number without touching the exam room — and the biggest lever is the one most owners are slowest to open.

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A new KFF Health Tracking Poll finds most voters believe Medicare and Medicaid fraud comes from the billing side of care, doctors’ offices and hospital systems, rather than from the patients who receive it.

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