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The pharmaceutical distributor says attackers accessed oncology and surgical customer data; a hacking group claims 284 million patient records were stolen.

How contemplation can restore a sense of purpose in doctors and other clinicians

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Despite major problems across U.S. health care, evidence shows what primary care is getting right.

An HHS video sent patients to a Medicare comment docket that has already drawn more than 19,000 submissions.

Retirement is about transitioning to something, not escaping from something.

The $12.8 million all-cash deal adds a North Carolina-based biomedical calibration provider to Transcat's regulated life sciences portfolio.

For years, falling claims frequency quietly held malpractice premiums down, and there are early signs that's about to stop.

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Here are five strategies for independent practices to keep the doors open.

Concierge and direct primary care sites grew 83.1% in five years, and direct primary care starts 2026 with a federal tax break it did not have before.

A ransomware-style disruption at one of medicine's largest device manufacturers is the latest reminder that a hack three steps removed from your exam room can still cancel a procedure on your schedule.

A beneficiary, other than a spouse, can face a big tax bill when inheriting an annuity. Choosing annuitization or the "stretch" option lets you soften the blow by extending tax deferral.

Payment models should reflect not just the theoretical value of services rendered, but the practical realities of how healthcare is financed and paid for today.

Big groups clean up in independent dispute resolution, but little, if any, goes to primary care.

Cost trends keep outrunning forecasts in recent years. The Business Group on Health survey shows that next year will follow the same trend.

Fifteen years of research hasn't moved the federal rules that keep new physician-owned hospitals from opening.

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The approval lets patients using the investigational Connexus BCI connect personal laptops, tablets and phones through the company's Convey system without device-by-device FDA sign-off.

Considering that a family physician's office is often the first—and sometimes only—place where patients discuss mental health concerns, adding such services within a primary care setting makes sense for both the practice and the communities it serves.

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Dolly Parton, who died Aug. 25, 2026, at 80, funded research at Vanderbilt, a women's health center in her home county and the Knoxville children's hospital that bears her name.

APP integration is now the norm, not the exception

Five sources account for much of the information ChatGPT uses to describe a physician, and practices can audit all five and act on most of them without hiring a specialized AI-visibility vendor.

Two-thirds of physicians expect AI fluency to boost their earnings, according to Doximity's 2026 physician compensation report. Liability, reimbursement and a contested new JAMA paper all sit between that expectation and a bigger paycheck.

The company says the device is roughly 30% smaller than its prior wearable and is built around research from more than 10,000 members and caregivers.

A bipartisan bill would let employers pay $1,200 to cut the 372-day labor certification wait to 30 days, easing one early bottleneck for practices that hire foreign-born staff.

As technology and services advance, practice owners have more options than ever to thrive.