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An Oregon emergency physician group beat back a hospital's attempt to replace it with a national staffing firm, offering independent practices a playbook built on physician unity, advocacy and corporate practice of medicine law.

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Practices say technology is essential to staying independent but don't fully trust their current tools, and a Veradigm strategist explains the gap.

A new national survey finds just 71% of adults under 30 have a primary care physician, and fewer than half of those saw one in the past year.

Primary care is a team sport, but some of the most important players are outside the physician’s office.

Recurring delays in documentation, referrals and patient communication often signal a flawed workflow, not a one-time mistake, practice management experts say.

What patients know, use, and trust about their coverage.

Could a simple blood test transform how we diagnose Alzheimer's disease? A primer on what primary care physicians should know about blood-based biomarkers right now

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How public LLMs store and reuse information, and why typing patient details into them could be a privacy disaster waiting to happen

Beyond AI darlings, the unsung materials sector is quietly outpacing the S&P 500 — and physicians may want to take notice

Two new federal programs are opening Medicare and Medicaid coverage for GLP-1 obesity drugs, and Tracy Zvenyach, Ph.D., M.S., RN, of the Obesity Action Coalition explains what it means for primary care physicians and their patients.

The premarket approval of United Therapeutics' LungFX device lets transplant programs outsource lung re-evaluation to dedicated facilities rather than building in-house EVLP capacity.

CliniComp's Sandra Johnson says cost and vendor unwillingness — not technology — are now the biggest barriers to data exchange

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Primary care is a team sport, but some of the most important players are outside the physician’s office.

Can independent practices turn Medicare into a strategic advantage? How to go from liability to leverage

Urban Institute data show 46% of adults aged 18 to 64 faced unmet care needs, unpaid medical bills or medical debt, with even insured families hit hard

The number of doctors using AI tools is rapidly increasing, but for a smaller practice, does the business case make sense?

Clinical applications are climbing while hires lag behind, and Trent Cotton of iCIMS says the practices that win top talent are the ones that make hiring fast, personal and transparent.

Percentage of collections is the least informative number

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Product offers ample income plus a lifetime guarantee — serving as longevity insurance

What works well when health care partners with community groups? National Academy of Medicine offers answers for Medicare.

The latest HHS-OIG findings spur audits in real time around vascular procedures — and primary care could be involved.

Don't be the richest doctor in the cemetery

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FDA clears Life Spine's VersaLift expandable interbody system, featuring a 6mm starting height for constrained anatomy