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Federal contracts, Medicare pilots and new state laws have pushed artificial intelligence from the edges of clinical practice into the middle of it.

A Lancet modeling study of 195 medicines estimates the Trump administration's GLOBE and GUARD pricing models could save Medicare up to $11.6 billion in their initial phase — but confidential manufacturer deals could erase nearly 80% of those savings.

The United States must address vaccine misinformation head-on or risk losing children to infectious disease.

Three health policy leaders argue that strengthening primary care payment isn't an attack on specialists — it's the fix the whole system needs.

What counts as a qualifying employer, whether residency payments count and which repayment plans still earn credit after the 2026 overhaul.

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Independent primary care is struggling under a payment system stacked against it

The CBO projects about 5.2 million adults will drop off Medicaid under the new rules that begin Jan. 1. Medical Economics spoke with Pear Suite co-founder and CEO Colby Takeda about the CHW workforce states are leaning on to reach them.

Checks are due to start in October, and the administration has not said how it arrived at $500 or which years the disputed fees cover.

A JAMA Network Open qualitative study of 22 physicians finds leave policies and leadership sensitivity shape whether doctors successfully return to clinical practice after serious illness