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CMS expands health care fraud-fighting efforts as it withholds $1B in Medicaid funds

Why patients trust some health plans — but abandon others

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Heading into the midterms, voters blame doctors and hospitals for most Medicare and Medicaid fraud, KFF poll finds

Direct primary care ‘at an inflection point’ as doctors, patients, employers catch on
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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.

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.
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The 2026 Medicare Advantage raise is a pause, not a trend. When rates tighten in 2027, these basics will separate a shared savings check from a shortfall.

Gentherm's ThermAffyx Patient Safety System integrates active warming with anti-slip securement in a single Class II platform, targeting hypothermia risk during the more than 3 million robotic-assisted procedures performed worldwide each year.

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Access, AI and accountable care are part of now and the future, CMS leaders say.

What physicians need to know to begin considering malpractice liability with new artificial intelligence technology.

MultiDimension Technology's TMR1370 draws as little as 30 nanoamps, enabling more than two years of standby operation in continuous glucose monitoring devices.

New research on whose names AI gives patients searching for care, and why many independents never make the list.

Health policy veteran and "Zen Lobbyist" author Gary Jacobs argues that the payment system, not the insurers, is behind a second straight year of double-digit ACA premium increases, and that primary care-led risk is the only durable fix.

Anagram Security founder and CEO Harley Sugarman explains how everyday AI use can expose patient data — and what physician practices can do to reduce the risk.


















