Richard Payerchin

A critical flaw in the code behind most websites and a breach at one of the nation's largest lab companies landed in the same week. Here's what physicians should check, ask and tell patients now.

What do physicians need to counter burnout and misinformation? Time with patients

HFMA proposes ‘Declaration on Healthcare Affordability and Sustainability’ as physicians and patients feel the squeeze.

What do physicians need to counter burnout and misinformation? Time with patients

Adding more tasks right now with no explanation is a formula for clinician burnout.

Rural docs say they need help as 'adequate' physician presence becomes the exception, not the norm.

Milbank Memorial Fund finds uneven training standards, workforce tracking for nurse practitioners.

National Association of ACOs hosts leader at fall conference.

MedPAC commissioners pile on Medicare’s Merit-based Incentive Payment System, a program they love to hate

Lower pay for telehealth, direct billing for NPs and PAs come up for discussion.

Are directory errors and omissions creating barriers to care for patients?

Why physicians need to act like practice owners, even when they're employed.

The American Medical Association recognized 92 hospitals, health systems and medical groups for system-level work to reduce burnout and support physician well-being.

Moving beyond simply avoiding burnout and getting to vitality and growth needed to lead.

Brittney Anderson, M.D., FAAFP, explains how her family medicine practice uses 15 minutes each morning to catch care gaps, cut interruptions and get the whole team on the same page.

MGMA's senior vice president of IT explains how independent practices can adopt AI and new technology without big budgets or IT teams.

It's not a patient problem, it's an operations problem, and large practices and health systems need to treat it that way.

Nolla Health claims it has the nation’s first approval for artificial intelligence to issue initial prescriptions. Physician review comes later.

How practice leaders can defend physicians from 'distractions to doctoring.'

HHS finalizes price transparency updates as employers push insurance vendors to open the books.

Health care often is expensive and it gets more costly when patients don't arrive for appointments.

Report: Osteopathic profession leads youth movement as workforce grows across U.S. health care.

Look for a problem and make artificial intelligence a tool to solve it, an MGMA leader says.

Seema Verma, now leader at Oracle, describes the state of the technology for MGMA.

Start with a spreadsheet, add curiosity and communication, and make a real difference to practice income.

It’s no surprise costs are outpacing revenues. Here are three strategies to bring in more income.

Two health care attorneys discuss trends in physician employment

A 25-year hospital CEO explains why organizations need their own ‘CPR’ lifeline.

U.S. health care has a patient loyalty problem hiding in plain sight, says a new report based on a survey of 10,000 consumers.

Kidney care advocates praise new appointees; advocacy group notes the task force creates financial effects on patients.