Richard Payerchin is editor of Medical Economics.
MAHA Report reaction: Health effects of ingredients generally recognized as safe
A cardiologist, chef and food researcher discusses a new major analysis of American health and nutrition.
MAHA Report reaction: Health effects on children
MAHA Report reaction: What evidence is there?
MAHA Report reaction: Startling honesty about America’s food
MAHA report reaction: First impressions from a cardiologist-chef-professor who has studied ultraprocessed foods
A new analysis of the health of American children may have lessons for adults.
The loss of independent physicians in rural America
A new report finds steep declines in rural physician numbers and small practice closures — raising alarm about access, consolidation and the corporatization of care.
MAHA Report: Mistakes in citations, a new movie version, criticism of claims
Make America Healthy Again Report sparks responses across health care, food industry.
Physician groups warn of bad effects on health care as Senate takes up Big Beautiful Bill
Speculation mounts on potential changes and timing for federal spending plan already approved in House of Representatives.
GAO appoints internal medicine physician, health care AI entrepreneur as new MedPAC members
MedPAC is a key adviser to Congress on Medicare pay for physicians.
Grads of top medical schools less likely to practice in underserved areas: study
Nation has been fighting geographic disparities for more than 50 years with ‘limited progress,’ commentators say.
Building a strong online presence: 9 website strategies for primary care practices
Enhancing patient engagement and practice growth through a good first impression online.
Independent practice losing ground to hospital, corporate, private equity ownership
New data from the American Medical Association show percentages of physicians in private practice by specialty.
AMA: Physician private practice ‘unraveling’ due to low payment, high costs, administrative burdens
Factors across U.S. health care pose a ‘dire threat’ to ‘severely destabilized’ independent private practice, threatening patient access.
Which specialties have the longest appointment wait times?
Appointment wait times are growing, according to new data from AMN Healthcare.
Physician wait times increase as numbers of doctors decrease: survey
AMN Healthcare data show patients must wait longer to meet with physicians for non-emergency care.
Remote monitoring technologies: What’s working, and how to pay for it
Peterson Center on Healthcare analyzes Medicare data to make policy recommendations for remote patient monitoring.
Remote patient monitoring policy: Recommendations for changing codes and payment
Caroline Pearson, executive director of the Peterson Center on Healthcare, explains a new analysis of use and payment for remote monitoring technologies.
Remote patient monitoring policy: Goals, duration and clinical success with RPM
Remote patient monitoring policy: Effects on diabetes care
Remote patient monitoring policy: Clinical success, part 2 — musculoskeletal conditions
Remote patient monitoring policy: Clinical success, part 1 — hypertension
Remote patient monitoring policy: A surprising finding on duration of use
Remote patient monitoring policy: Time for a review of Medicare spending
Remote patient monitoring policy: An introduction to the Peterson Center on Healthcare
White House plan to Make America Healthy Again will start with children
Food, chemicals, behavior, medicine all play a role in helping or hurting Americans’ health, according to new MAHA report, but farmers say there’s junk science behind some claims.
AAFP: Big Beautiful Bill could affect physicians through Medicare pay, direct primary care, student loans, business taxes
AAFP board chair details potential effects in critique of federal spending plan.
One Big Beautiful Bill Act: Fiscal reform that Americans want, or gutting the health care system?
Responses focus on health care as House approves One Big Beautiful Bill federal spending legislation.
Bipartisan group brings back prior authorization reform legislation in Congress
HHS has made changes, but lawmakers want prior auth procedures codified in law.
Former President Joe Biden’s cancer diagnosis: What we know so far, and treatment options
Biden reveals aggressive prostate cancer that has metastasized to his bones.
Trump, HHS take aim at drug prices with policies affecting Big Pharma, ending ‘global free-riding’
HHS announces plan to create ‘most-favored-nation’ cost scale so U.S. is not subsidizing drug prices in other countries.