Austin Littrell

A bipartisan bill to fix Medicare's budget-neutrality rules cleared a key House committee. But this year's 2.5% pay bump is already eroding, and it disappears in 2027 without further action.

The top news stories in medicine this week.

John Cianca, M.D., FAAPMR, left institutional medicine 22 years ago to build a cash-only solo practice. He says the care he delivers is better for it.

The top news stories in medicine today.

June 11th's free virtual event equips physicians with actionable strategies on revenue cycle performance, patient collections and long-term personal wealth.

A new Panacea Financial survey finds that debt, contract confusion and tax complexity keep physicians financially stuck at every career stage.

A veteran practice administrator at the MGMA Summit digital conference laid out the disruptions ahead — from AI phone agents to payer audits — and how physician practices can get in front of them.

Why medical groups miss budget for reasons that have nothing to do with money, and how finance professionals become strategic advisers.

Clinicians from the 19 banned countries cluster in communities that already struggle to keep physicians and nurses, a JAMA Network Open analysis finds.

Veradigm's Aaron Ledbetter, M.P.P., M.H.S.A., unpacks what the company's 2026 State of Independent Practice report reveals about why denied claims, payer complexity and administrative overload keep outrunning the tools practices are using to fight them.

The top news stories in medicine this week.

Two Physicians Foundation experts discuss why where a patient lives may shape their health more than the care they receive and what physicians can actually do about it.

The top news stories in medicine today.

The top news stories in medicine today.

A panel of revenue cycle leaders at the MGMA Summit Digital Conference outlined where patient billing is headed and why physicians should pay attention.

Panacea Financial's 2026 survey found that physician financial confidence barely budges across an entire career. The reasons why go deeper than income.

A new JAMA proposal would treat primary care as a public utility, pooling the dollars payers already spend on it into a single state fund that pays practices directly, with no new spending needed to start.

PYA's Tynan Kugler, M.P.H., MBA, CVA, says supply shortages, employment shifts, reimbursement pressure and the productivity-versus-value debate are all pulling at once.

The top news stories in medicine this week.

Atlas MD co-founder Josh Umbehr, M.D., who has been in direct primary care practice since 2010, explains why he thinks the model is closer to mainstream than most physicians realize.

Carlos Cardenas, M.D., explains why a CMS request for information may signal the most significant opening for physician-owned hospitals since the Affordable Care Act slammed the door 15 years ago.

The top news stories in medicine today.

Four in 10 physicians have a side gig. Here are the data on who succeeds, where the money is going and what doctors who've done it wish they'd known sooner.

The top news stories in medicine today.

Pediatric neurosurgeon and author Leon Moores, M.D., makes the case that every physician is already a leader and shares what it takes to guide a team through uncertain times.

Most teens and young adults call the adult health care system confusing, and the physicians who treat them agree.

The top news stories in medicine this week.

Experity's Andrea Giamalva, M.D., FAAFP, says urgent care was never designed to replace primary care, but with a looming physician shortage and nearly 40% of Gen Z without a PCP, it's filling gaps the system hasn't figured out how to close.

PYA consulting principal Tynan Kugler breaks down the market, regulatory and workforce pressures pulling physician compensation in competing directions, and what organizations and physicians need to understand before structuring a deal.

Concrete habits that help primary care physicians close charts in the room, not at 9 p.m.