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What a new analysis of federal NPI registry data shows about the rise of nurse practitioner-owned practices

The proposal from Rep. Frank Pallone Jr. would end independent dispute resolution for care delivered starting in 2028.

Lower pay for telehealth, direct billing for NPs and PAs come up for discussion.

Anthropic researchers ran an AI model across 15 cheap TV boxes and project that small models could spread on their own across poorly secured devices by the end of 2026, raising new questions for practices with networked equipment.

As physicians, payers and independent reviewers all adopt AI for utilization review and No Surprises Act disputes, audit trails and human oversight will determine which practices come out ahead.

AI is creeping into the diagnostic area of medicine. Will future doctors have the skills to know when it's wrong?

The license fee is the number on the proposal. These 10 costs arrive after the contract is signed, and the biggest never shows up on an invoice.

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A NAACOS and Innovaccer survey of 116 leaders also found only 21% are tracking which of their patients have enrolled in the new chronic care model.

A new Kodiak report shows prior authorization and medical necessity denials accounted for nearly all of the 25% jump in revenue leakage. Here are four steps practices can take now to fix that.

Leaders of the Illinois College of Osteopathic Medicine at The Chicago School say students have to learn the health care system as it works today while training to change it.

The CMS-0057 rule regulates health plans. The question that matters is: Which of your payers will be live in your EHR on Jan. 1?

An Oregon Health & Science University-led analysis of nearly 200,000 people found a 20% to 30% higher rate of fatty liver disease and cirrhosis among those who reported eating after dinner or after bedtime.

Family physician Kenneth Qiu, M.D., lead author of a national survey of direct primary care practices, explains how physicians build a patient panel, why the model isn't concierge medicine and the Medicare billing rule that slows new practices.

The Illinois College of Osteopathic Medicine at The Chicago School welcomed its first class of 91 students in July, with mental health built into all four years of training. Medical Economics spoke with John Lucas, D.O., and Michele Nealon, Psy.D., about whole-person care, burnout and the stigma physicians face in seeking help.

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CMS' proposed cuts to physician fees focus on the operating room. For the primary care physicians managing recovery after surgery, the real gap is much larger.

Health care was the only one of five sectors to cut spending commitments this spring, falling 2.8% as hospitals faced rising supply costs and physicians awaited the final 2027 Medicare fee schedule, Coupa's Business Spend Index found.

It's shared savings season and the check has arrived. Now how do physicians divide it up fairly?

An OpenAI agent's unauthorized trip through an Australian Medicare data portal is a preview of the risks physicians take on as autonomous AI moves into prior authorization, billing and scheduling, and of what practices should demand from the vendors deploying it.

Adding a brief safety reminder cut potentially harmful clinical choices by large language models from 16.6% to 10.1% across more than 10 million responses, but researchers say it doesn't replace physician oversight.

Urban Institute analysis finds 26% of insured adults owe medical debt, with hospitals the largest source

Why physicians need to act like practice owners, even when they're employed.

A simple break-even calculation turns a reimbursement advantage into staff minutes, showing practices when prior authorization, denials and uncollected patient balances wipe out a better rate.

Patient Prism co-founder and CEO Amol Nirgudkar explains what unanswered phones cost physicians in patients and ad spending, and where AI voice agents can help today.

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Recent CMS rule changes reinforce that operational discipline is increasingly shaping reimbursement

Medical Economics spoke with Monique Delgado, former CEO of Integrated Medical Services, about where salary-only pay falls short, which metrics to tie incentives to and how to change physician pay without eroding trust.