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Sage Growth Partners CEO Dan D'Orazio says fee-for-service revenue still outweighs the penalties meant to move hospitals and physicians away from it, and he expects value-based care to make incremental gains at best.

BackPocket Talent co-founder Rachel Brace says replacing an employee can cost 16% to 20% of that worker's salary, often more than a well-timed retention bonus.

Two health care attorneys discuss trends in physician employment

Rachel Brace and Nicole Hart of BackPocket Talent say private practices lose strong staff when employees can't see where their jobs lead.

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Four forces created the perfect storm to sink physician-owned medicine. There are policies that could help keep it afloat.

UA Little Rock and NYITCOM's eight-year D.O. pathway replaces the MCAT with four years of GPA benchmarks, but leaders say in-state residency slots will decide whether graduates stay.

A 25-year hospital CEO explains why organizations need their own ‘CPR’ lifeline.

Current quality programs measure organizations and claims after the fact, but the next generation of measurement focuses on the everyday clinical decisions that drive unnecessary spending.

Buzz Health President Joseph Kleiman says the prescriptions patients abandon due to cost rarely appear in a physician's workflow, and he attributes this to disconnected systems.

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What do providers owe patients when a GLP-1 is out of reach? At the very least, they should stay informed.

A third of Americans doubt they'll have enough money to retire, and more than a third are counting on family to help, according to a new WalletHub survey.

A randomized trial found a FORTA-based, pharmacist-led medication review sharply reduced inappropriate prescribing, overuse and underuse among older cancer patients with polypharmacy.

Health care's real problem is operational capacity, not AI, and the right tools are the ones that eliminate work rather than add dashboards.

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Median work RVUs rose no more than 2.8% in any group, while nearly 65% of surveyed organizations plan to add physicians in the coming year.

Generic, template-style language from ambient AI tools is triggering payer scrutiny under CMS's G2211 rules.

A new national survey finds Americans still want a person — not AI — on the other end of a health care call

What if a greater number of reported safety events actually meant a hospital is safer for patients?

Why the most expensive school isn’t always the best investment, and how physician families should weigh cost, competition and outcomes.

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Kidney care advocates praise new appointees; advocacy group notes the task force creates financial effects on patients.

A primary-care voucher model would pay practices upfront for predictable care and leave insurance to cover catastrophic risk, cutting administrative burden and giving physicians time back with patients.

Pattern Bioscience's Urine ID/AST Panel, which is not yet cleared or available for sale, is designed to compress the days that conventional urine culture requires into a single shift.

Wendy S. Harpham, M.D., FACP, draws on decades as a patient with lymphoma to show physicians which phrases comfort patients and which cause distress without meaning to.

Despite its shady name, a backdoor Roth can be a useful financial tool for doctors — if they follow the IRS rules

The law is still catching up to rapid AI advances. Here's what doctors need to know.