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Aadil Zaman

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Stock market insights for physician investors in 2023

At the start of each year, everyone is clamoring to figure out what the next 12 months will be like when it comes to the stock market and investment outlook.


Steve Wise

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Lessons Learned from the Universal Health Services Cyber Attack

Healthcare providers of all sizes must ensure they are doing their due diligence to protect their networks and their patients.


Brooke LeVasseur

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How retail acquisitions will accelerate adoption of value-based care

Industry-wide trend will help improve health equity, make care more affordable


Allen Alishahi

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How health care can fight life-threatening data breaches

With healthcare data breaches approaching a boiling point, care providers need to adopt an approach that prioritizes operational continuity.


Shawn Miele

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5 ways to improve your practice’s digital marketing efforts in 2022

The need for a consistent and professional digital marketing strategy is universal.


Simon Douglas Murray, M.D.

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Why I love being a primary care physician

When I read about the plight of primary care doctors and their widespread dissatisfaction with their profession, I remember Dr. William Vroom.


Tinglong Dai

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Do no harm – The imperative for purposeful AI regulation in health care

How do we regulate AI purposefully to ensure that it enhances rather than hinders the practice of medicine?


Harold Edward Bays, MD, FOMA, FTOS, FACC, FNLA, FASPC

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Weight Loss and Patient Support

Closing thoughts regarding the increasing burden of overweight and obesity in the United States, and recommendations for supporting patients who are taking a proactive role in managing their weight.


Gretchen Heinen, RN, PHN, BSN

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Getting your claims denied? Here are reasons why and what you can do about it

A hands-on approach may be better for physicians to manage claims.


Dr. Abi Sundaramoorthy

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Integrating mental and behavioral health in specialty care

Our health system is too siloed to recognize patient problems that might cross specialties.


Dan Leonard

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Generics usher in an era of affordable and effective weight-loss treatments

By improving health outcomes and avoiding costly obesity-related complications, GLP-1s can significantly reduce the overall cost of health care.


Chris Henderson

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Rising threat of cyberattacks on health care organizations puts physicians, patients at risk

Strengthening cyber defenses in health care can mitigate the growing threat of computer attacks.



Neil Wagle, MD

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There’s a better way to do urgent care

What is needed is a new model of immediate care in which providers don’t just look to treat the symptoms presenting themselves at that time, but instead allow them to treat the surface-level symptoms while being able to dig deeper and look at the root cause of each patient episode.


John Machata, M.D.

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How can we ensure the future of independent practices?

Patients like the personalized care small practices offer, but the rules are stacked against them


William Schaffner, M.D.
William Schaffner, M.D.

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William Schaffner, M.D.: Our vaccination problem is an education problem

An expert physician panel discusses how vaccine policy has gone wrong under the Trump administration, why misinformation has flourished and what individual physicians can do to win back patient trust.


Paul Merrild

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Why prioritizing accurate provider data is vital and cost-effective

Managing provider data not only improves patient access, it reduces costs.


Seth Orkand

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Telehealth confusion could create issues for physicians

How a hodgepodge of federal and state telehealth waivers creates compliance concerns for providers practicing across state lines.


David L. Morris

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New year brings new value-based care opportunities

Advances in AI, other technologies offer hope for streamlining administrative tasks and providing better access to patient data


Mike Ipekdjian, MBA-HM, BSN, RN

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Technology’s critical role in successful value-based care

High-quality data can improve care coordination, lower readmission rates


Faisal Hoque

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How AI is changing cancer treatment

Unlocking new possibilities for precision medicine


James Spolar, JD

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What physicians and private practices need to know about the latest digital accessibility requirements in health care

New rules outline how websites must be accessible to patients with disabilities. Here’s how to comply while improving patient care.


Brian Finrow, JD

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Preventive antimicrobials: A promising solution to antibiotic resistance

Prevention beats treatment for everyone — patients, payers and investors.


Joe Persichetti

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How today’s medical school graduates can start their own practices – even with high student debt

When health care lenders are looking to make loans, they are not focused on a student’s total debt.


Ashwin Patel, MD, PhD

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Do your patients understand what you are telling them?

Social health is the key to closing the health literacy gap


Alissa Mallow, DSW, LCSW-r

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Not screening for anxiety? Costs and solutions

For most patients, anxiety treatment begins with a visit to their primary care physician.


Daniel B. Frier, Esq.

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The importance of mounting a robust response to urine PCR testing denials and clawbacks

How proactive legal strategies can protect providers and support access to advanced diagnostic testing.


Andrew Lockhart

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Four ways to ensure success with AI

AI isn't something to be feared but rather the key to giving health care organizations a competitive edge


Roger A. Gerard PhD

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8 factors to guide medical compensation decisions

Be sure to keep these factors in mind when considering medical compensation