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Andy Ellner, MD, MSc

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Primary care must evolve to survive

Primary care is inefficient, inconvenient, and often inaccessible, optimized neither for patient experience nor positive outcomes.


Tim McHale

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How to understand the difference among potential buyers of your medical practice

Compare the potential strategic options for transactions with hospitals, private equity platforms and other health care companies


Carolynn S. Francavilla Brown MD, FOMA, ABOM

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Starting a Practice May Be Easier Than You Think

Here are some tips for starting your own practice and setting yourself — and your patients — up for success from the get-go.


Peter Y. Hahn, MD

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Six strategies to mitigate provider burnout

Physicians must lead a team effort to generate support at every level of the organization.


Luma S. Al-Shibib

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Quality liability insurance coverage needed for deluge of cyberattacks on health care ecosystem

Specialty cyber coverage and tailored liability insurance products sold to health care providers is available to protect affected organizations hacked or threatened through cyber extortion schemes.


Ashley Stillwell, DO

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Documenting non-compliance in health care records

Should we tell patients that they are not compliant when they counter argue?


John Welch

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The digital transformation in health care payments

Meeting modern patient expectations is key to success


Scott Freedman

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5 things COVID-19 is teaching us about the patient experience

With in-person visits down, social distancing measures in effect and no current COVID-19 vaccine, physicians are leveraging new digital tools to survive.


Arnaud Rosier, MD, PhD.

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5 Reasons why AI is different in health care

Health care is one of many sectors poised for AI transformation, but it poses unique challenges, opportunities and considerations


Nihal Titan

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First-time approval the goal for prior authorizations and claims

There is movement to streamline the administrative processes that are burdensome to physicians, their staff, and patient care.


Aparna Chandrasekaran, M.D.

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The COVID-19 pandemic emphasizes the need to manage patient obesity

The COVID-19 pandemic has put obesity in the spotlight, illustrating the need to focus on screening and treating it more aggressively than before


Anurag Lal

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Best practices for mitigating evolving health care cyberattacks

Health care organizations must proactively operationalize key risk mitigation strategies aimed at effectively shoring up their cyber defenses.


Anne Chau

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How data can save value-based care

A unified data ecosystem will provide the foundation for the next generation of patient-care technology.


Dean McElwain

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Survey shows zero percent pandemic closure rate for membership-based medical practices

24% of concierge practices reported higher revenues in 2020 than any prior year.


Joe Nadglowski

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Stop the stigma of weight bias

Physicians have a role in stamping out weight bias.


Diane R. Hazel, JD

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Private equity investments in physician practices draw regulatory scrutiny

Even small deals are drawing greater government interest


Hari Prasad

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How pay-first and direct primary care models are reshaping practice finances and patient experience

Innovative payment models — like pay-first and direct primary care — enhance financial stability and patient engagement for independent practices.


Laura Dillon

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Enhanced primary care: a solution to the nation’s skyrocketing health care costs?

From Congress to employers: shifting the primary care paradigm through efficient payment models to embrace innovative solutions, improve access, and transform health care delivery.


Andrew Sassani, M.D.

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When suicidal ideation and accountability for care collide

Whole-person health underscores the importance of collaboration between primary care physicians and behavioral health professionals, and answers who is accountable when patients express suicidal ideation.


Lauren Biscaldi

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Federal court to consider Medicare drug price negotiations of the Inflation Reduction Act

Pharmaceutical giant Merck sues HHS, CMS directors in first legal challenge to law passed last summer.


Michael Palantoni

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Timely data exchange between payers and providers is key to reducing care costs, improving outcomes

Success of value-based care programs depends on getting the right information to clinicians when it’s needed


Angie Stevens

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Unlocking the potential of remote patient monitoring

People, process, technology and finance are keys to success


Amanda Piwonka

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Best practices for recruiting talented staff for your practice

Medical practices must go beyond simply offering competitive salaries and benefits packages to attract new talent and keep their best clinicians and administrative staff working for them.


d’Artagnan Osborne

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Automatically smarter: Spending less time on billing to earn more practice revenue

Medical billing is complex and time-consuming. Does it have to be?


Josh Disbrow

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Pharma CEO: Let's have transparency in prescription drug pricing

It's time for pharmaceutical companies and others to innovate and disrupt the distribution side of treatment.


Paola Bianchi Delp

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How artificial intelligence is revolutionizing decision-making in health care

Understanding how AI can help providers — as well as its limitations and what checks can mitigate its downsides — will help foster trust and confidence in it.


Anne R. Bass, MD
Anne R. Bass, MD

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Protect CDC funding—Our patients depend on it

Funding cuts to the CDC threaten vital research and patient care for millions with autoimmune diseases, risking future treatments and public health.


Rosemary Kennedy, PhD, RN

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Medication Management Devices Increase Patient Adherence, Reduce Costs and Improve Quality

By using medication management tools and strategies, providers can improve adherence, reduce healthcare costs, and improve care quality.


Mitch Zeller, JD

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Smoking cessation: The time is now

Is tobacco use still a national health problem? Yes, and primary care physicians are in position to help patients quit.


Terrance Walless, DPT, MBA

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How functional fitness plans enhance preventive care of aging adults

One in four Americans experience functional decline by age 65, making fall risk management crucial for primary care practices.