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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.

Considering concierge? Know the legal traps first, with Ericka Adler, J.D.
As more physicians weigh a move to concierge or hybrid practices, health care attorney Ericka Adler, J.D., breaks down the contract and Medicare traps that can turn a panel-shrinking strategy into a legal problem.

The four forces reshaping physician pay, with Tynan Kugler of PYA
PYA's Tynan Kugler breaks down the four forces pulling physician pay in competing directions, and why getting the underlying compensation model wrong can be expensive and legally complicated to undo.
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The draft 2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule opens five questions about the AMA's control of CPT codes, from licensing costs to who decides what a code is worth.

An study of 1,258 providers across eight health systems found daily wRVU increases of up to 4.1% among physicians who engaged most with their production and earnings data.

The multicenter study is evaluating whether localized cryotherapy, guided by AI-enabled imaging, can stabilize non-obstructive high-risk plaques before they trigger a heart attack.

Fax machines are gone from billing. Prior authorization and clinical communication are still stuck in 1985.

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Physician lawmakers support primary care, inflation-indexed payments and new POINTS system for quality reporting.

CMS wants to cut the conversion factor, rewrite the G2211 add-on into a percentage modifier, halve payment for same-day procedures and put an expiration date on traditional MIPS.

Accountable care wins, but physicians and policy experts warn cuts are baked in

Two physicians and two health system executives got candid with Chief Healthcare Executive about denials, administrative burden and what AI is actually delivering.

As patient demand outpaces staffed beds and workforce growth, early clinical guidance from nurses is emerging as a way to protect physicians, shorten wait times and stabilize access — especially in rural and safety-net communities.

















