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Seventy-nine percent of independent practice leaders say technology is what keeps them independent. Only 64% trust the tools they already have. Veradigm's Aaron Ledbetter explains what sits inside that gap, and why a denied claim still takes one to two weeks to reach the physician it belongs to.

The top news stories in medicine this week.

Sage Growth Partners CEO Dan D'Orazio explains why fee-for-service incentives, disparate data and misaligned financial models — not a lack of technology — are keeping value-based care from taking hold.

Supporters hope a model in northeastern Pennsylvania could be replicated in other communities.

A third straight year of survey data shows patient standards transforming into hard filters — and increasingly, it's AI doing the filtering.

The clinical data to identify mismatched coverage — and fix it before it becomes bad debt — is already sitting in your EHR.

A physician forecasts the effects of artificial intelligence as Medicare sets new rules starting next year.

The clinician shortage is real, but there are other reasons why mental health referrals often go nowhere.

Jay Bregman of Andel says direct-to-employer purchasing takes prior authorization out of the prescription entirely, but the price a patient gets is tied to an employer's willingness to keep paying.

Burnout is rampant in medicine. The good news is the best cure is completely within your control.

Medicare's proposed 2027 reimbursement rates would fall below the cost of RPM devices, risking declines in physician pay and patient health

A JAMA analysis of nearly 250,000 board-certified internists puts hard numbers on how much underserved patient care rests on physicians born outside the U.S., just as visa policy tightens around them.

Supporters of osteopathic medical education hope Pennsylvania collaboration will be a model for the nation.

Crytica Security's RDAi system installs a sub-100 KB software "Probe" inside each device to monitor for unauthorized changes, aiming to catch tampering that network-based tools alone can miss.

A new model of 5,778 physicians sorts every combination of hometown, medical school and residency into four tiers of rural practice.

The top news stories in medicine today.

Three in four patients now refuse to book with a provider rated below 4 stars

Physicians have questions about capitation. Here's what it means for your practice.

The deal gives surgeons a new registration option for AR navigation, potentially expanding access for regional hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers.

A 2024 policy shift is forcing practices to wait on claims adjudication before billing — and the delay is eroding collections and straining independent practices

Organizations that recognize similarities to EHR and other previous transformations may be better positioned to move beyond experimentation and achieve value from their AI investments.

The top news stories in medicine today.

The order sorts childhood immunizations into three categories, calls for separate visits and points the attorney general at state exemption laws.

Beyond the MMR split, the order presses states to adopt a narrower vaccine list and directs the attorney general to challenge exemption limits.

Patients read normalizing language as a signal that treatment isn't recommended, new research finds.

Staffing at medical practices has become one of the biggest challenges they face. Dina Taylor explains why.

What happens when the CDC steps back from outbreak surveillance? We’re seeing it in real time, a doctor says

The preferred portfolio deal covers 3D mapping, intracardiac imaging, and both radiofrequency and pulsed field ablation technologies to expand outpatient arrhythmia care.