Austin Littrell
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Austin Littrell is associate editor of Medical Economics.
Articles by Austin Littrell
A new American Medical Association survey ranks the country's largest commercial health insurers by the prior authorization burden they impose on physician practices.
Leon Moores, M.D., a pediatric neurosurgeon and author, says listening is the highest-leverage leadership skill most physicians are leaving on the table.
Federal borrowing caps, the end of SAVE and a new income-driven repayment plan begin reshaping the federal student loan system this summer.
GeoVax President and CEO David Dodd makes the case that the U.S. vaccine system isn't quite broken, but it is badly in need of better communication, clearer processes and a lot more listening.
Burnout, hassle and unrealistic patient demands have replaced personal health concerns and rising malpractice premiums as the top drivers of early physician exits.
Panacea Financial's 2026 survey reveals that debt, contract confusion and tax complexity are keeping physicians financially stuck at every stage of their career.
The top news stories in medicine this week.
Orthopedic surgeon and author Erica Rowe Urquhart, M.D., Ph.D., MBA, joins Melissa Lucarelli, M.D., FAAFP, for a candid conversation about what's really working against physicians and their patients.
Veradigm’s survey of 360 practice leaders finds operational and financial pressures, not clinical concerns, are the top threats to independence.
Skillsoft's SVP of compliance solutions, Asha Palmer, says banning AI doesn't stop staff from using it — it just means practices lose visibility over what's happening to their data.
A Medical Economics and Physicians Practice flash poll, sponsored by Heidi, found physicians split on AI, even as 70% are using or evaluating AI scribes in their practices.
Arrow founder and CEO Roshan Patel explains why health care payment processing is a mess, and what practices can actually do about it.
Panacea Financial's 2026 customer survey shows the financial strain of medicine doesn't ease with attending salary.
Canadian medical device company Vena Medical completes seven neurosurgery cases at UTMB Health following recent FDA clearance.
Experity Chief Medical Officer Andrea Giamalva, M.D., FAAFP, says urgent care is becoming a broader front door to care.
Four primary care experts unpack a landmark report showing that investing in primary care isn't just good medicine — it's the most powerful cost-reduction strategy the U.S. isn't using.
Nearly 71% of doctors say hobbies help protect their sanity. Here are seven ways your peers spend their downtime.
The UCSF Department of Medicine chair says AI scribes are the right first use case for AI in health care.
The deal would fold the FDA-cleared Hotwire system, and the team behind Farapulse, into J&J's expanding cardiac ablation business.
Kem Tolliver breaks down how to build a strategic revenue cycle work plan, get payer friction under control and stop the hidden leaks draining your practice's cash flow.
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