
An explainer on the specialty gap, financial transparency and administrative friction in independent practices

An explainer on the specialty gap, financial transparency and administrative friction in independent practices


The deal would fold the FDA-cleared Hotwire system, and the team behind Farapulse, into J&J's expanding cardiac ablation business.

Risk is declining, but specialty and age are factors in malpractice claims throughout a career, according to American Medical Association analysis.

An investment adviser explains medical practice valuation and the strategic choices independent physicians face.

Kem Tolliver breaks down how to build a strategic revenue cycle work plan, get payer friction under control and stop the hidden leaks draining your practice's cash flow.

Two-thirds of health care finance chiefs cite government funding uncertainty as their biggest concern in Strata Decision Technology's 2026 report.

The top news stories in medicine this week.

AMA examines 10-year trends across salary, productivity, practice financial performance and bonuses.

What to look for so electronic health records don’t take more time than necessary.

The physician group is pushing for disclosure rules, FDA review, crisis-detection mandates and advertising limits on tools patients increasingly use for mental health support.

Leon Moores, M.D., says medicine's most overlooked leadership skill wasn't in your curriculum — but you can fix that this week.

Why insurers pay for expensive treatments but not the tests physicians need to prescribe them

How artificial intelligence could become proactive to unlock physician time, at a time when it’s more needed than ever.

Robert Wachter, M.D., chair of the Department of Medicine at UCSF, takes us inside the AI scribe era.


Health care clinicians don't want AI running the show, but they are happy to have it help.

New surgical stapling device designed to improve staple line integrity across a range of tissue thicknesses in open and laparoscopic procedures

If you had a time machine, where would you go to practice medicine?

Emerging technology can support primary care physicians with early detection that offers the best hope for patients


WalletHub ranked all 50 states and Washington, D.C., on children’s health.

The new capital will be used to enhance its platform with “agentic AI” capabilities for commercial teams, deepen the proprietary MedTech ontology that powers its data model, and expand the platform beyond commercial functions.

Doctors already have difficulty keeping patients on their meds. Prior authorization barriers are just making it worse.

Shannon Sumner says fraud enforcement has never been more data-driven.

Accountable care organizations want backup from the feds when they raise red flags about phony claims.

House Energy & Commerce representatives hear Secretary Kennedy testify about billions needed for federal health policy.

Don't let lifestyle creep derail your retirement plan

Many physicians describe their reality with words like burnout, administrative overload and workforce strain. But that’s not the full story. To move the needle, we have to look deeper.
