
With time still left to enroll, the 2025 marketplace open enrollment period has seen 11.6 million more enrollees compared to 2021.

With time still left to enroll, the 2025 marketplace open enrollment period has seen 11.6 million more enrollees compared to 2021.

What’s fueling salary increases for primary care physicians? Talent shortages, increased burnout and rising administrative burdens — not greed.

The health care industry must start addressing high costs, low accessibility, lack of personalization, and complexity that are keeping Americans from getting the care they need.

MGMA: Late 2024 legislation had some help for health care, but House, Senate need to act now.

Sheila P. Burke, chair, Government Relations and Public Policy Group, Baker Donelson Law Firm, discusses how reforms to insurance regulations could impact patients and primary care.


The Biden-Harris administration finalized a rule to remove medical debt from consumer credit reports and bar lenders from using medical information in lending decisions.

Burnout isn't limited to physicians. What can be done to make sure your staff doesn't burn out?

Technology is great, but humans are the key to healthy patients

A recent systematic review analyzed the use of Brief Geriatric Assessments (BGAs) as a tool for screening older adults in primary care settings.

Sheila P. Burke, chair, Government Relations and Public Policy Group, Baker Donelson Law Firm, explains what changes could be made to Medicare and Medicaid under the Trump administration.


Rule would modify HIPAA and require most providers to comply with more complex and thorough security guidelines.

Physical inactivity is a major risk factor for several chronic health conditions and should set off red flags during primary care visits.

Where will you go to meet fellow professionals this year?
Adopting a value-based approach to clinical, financial and administrative operations can help physician practices thrive in both FFS and VBC worlds

Rural hospitals have really struggled to stay open in recent years - a trend that looks to continue in 2025. Do physicians affiliated with rural hospitals need to worry about their future?

Sheila P. Burke, chair, Government Relations and Public Policy Group, Baker Donelson Law Firm, discusses how she expects the Trump administration to approach the Affordable Care Act.


Sheila P. Burke, chair of Government Relations and Public Policy Group at Baker Donelson Law Firm, provides a forecast of the Trump administration's top health care priorities.

A discussion on the factors driving reimbursement down as costs in health care continue to rise.

Most people struggle to pull basic information out of standard pathology reports—like whether or not they have cancer.

Recommendations and resources from U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, MD, MBA.

But other medical specialties don’t have same association, according to a new study.

Psychiatrist Richard Miller, MD, of Elwyn Adult Behavioral Health in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, discusses how to talk to patients about health information they get from social media.

The top news stories in medicine today.

New advisory lists evidence and recommends more public awareness of increased cancer risk from beer, wine and spirits.

Less clear is whether social drivers of health screenings are improving patient outcomes, according to a new study.


A slideshow with conversation starters for physicians and patients to evaluate factors affecting brain health at the start of a new year.