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Malpractice insurance rates for physicians can vary widely based on a number of influences, including specialty, location and claims history. Therefore, it’s challenging to provide a definitive answer regarding whether rates are rising, falling or staying the same.

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Unless you are an all-cash pay practice, all your Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes and claims are tracked, and it doesn’t matter whether you are large or small. If you fall outside the bell curve, you’re at risk.

While the historical pathway for a physician to move into the concierge medicine model was to work with a management company to convert their existing, independent practice, things have changed.

Many physicians are transitioning to concierge medicine to meet increasing patient demand for better choices in their care.

If proposals aren’t sorted out, PA problems will get worse, not better, according to medical organizations.

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A survey confirmed burnout remains a problem for health care. Here are some suggestions to improve that.

A survey ranks metro areas by factors important to retirees.

Virtual care revolutionizes healthcare with better treatment, improved efficiency, and reduced costs.

New solutions with AI and machine learning are developing for challenges that once seemed insurmountable.

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Survey shows how little faith patients have in technology – and the companies that provide it -- to protect their information

Study suggests greater numbers of excess deaths during pandemic in Republican-leaning areas

Physicians, health care groups line up to support Value in Health Care Act.

Survey sheds light on how patients are feeling about billing, privacy, and other health care-related issues.

Online giant rolls out AWS HealthScribe so doctors can spend more time with patients and less time in electronic health records.

The app has some videos that promote self-diagnosis of mental health, which could have serious effects for young people.

Small practices can take advantage of telehealth to benefit their patients and their bottom line.

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Digital giants have discovered that technical know-how alone isn’t enough

Act stalled in Congress in 2022, but similar provisions move forward in legislation this year.

Central bank increases interest rate for the 11th time since March 2022

Physicians in Congress speak on federal legislation that aims for medical care price transparency for consumers.

Here are lessons for primary care physicians to consider about the future of telemedicine.

A look at the proposed new guidelines.

Getting the number on the scale may do more harm than good, according to researchers.

The top news stories in primary care today.