Anders Gilberg of MGMA explains the same-day payment proposal sitting in Medicare's 2027 fee schedule, and why practices won't know its fate until the final rule lands around Nov. 1.
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CMS chief says outcomes-based pay can help patients while finally ending physicians' box-checking frustration.
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What new EBRI research on 401(k) borrowers means for doctors still paying off med school
Preparing rural care teams for AI can strengthen care without replacing clinical judgement.
The 3-part federal plan targets costs, red tape and corporate consolidation across commercial health insurance.
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Revenue per patient is a common way to split practice profit. It’s also the wrong way.
RFK Jr. appoints members to fill a panel that has not met in more than a year, but is influential on primary care.
New Pew Research Center data on screen time, sleep and how rarely cutting back actually sticks.
AI can't replace docs, right?
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MGMA’s 100th-anniversary conference runs Sept. 27-30 in San Antonio, and these 10 sessions put physician contracts, compensation and legal exposure on the table.
A new Physicians Foundation survey finds 36% of physicians say they or a colleague feared seeking mental health care because of questions on licensing, credentialing or insurance applications.
CMS added 190 new diagnosis codes for fiscal 2027 — here's how to tell which ones affect your practice before they take effect.
Ballard Spahr says the Hikma v. Amarin decision makes it harder for brand-name drugmakers to sue over "skinny label" generics — a shift likely to speed generic competition and lower costs for patients
Private insurance helps patients get care, but does not cover all costs, according to study by The Commonwealth Fund
Lost and stolen devices used to cause half of all major health care breaches. Now the real exposure is hiding in staff phones, outdated medical equipment and unmanaged passwords.
Rebecca Schoon, Ph.D., who helped lead the Oregon arm of a national moral injury report, says patients can see what corporate ownership and insurer barriers are doing to their doctors.
New specialists' schedules fill quickly, the authors of an NEJM Catalyst analysis write, and changing how existing clinicians are used may do more to shorten waits.
In a University of Toronto simulation, AI scribes cut documentation from 36.3% of each primary care visit to 11.2%, though total visit length didn’t change significantly.
A study published in Advanced Science used three AI models to screen thousands of approved drugs, identifying nine that inhibit Streptococcus pneumoniae, a bacterium increasingly resistant to antibiotics.
Reactions from five leading organizations were among thousands of public comments on the draft document.
Nearly 1 in 7 women ages 30 to 65 have never had a cervical cancer screening.
Independent practices don't need more billing staff — they need better workflows before the claim is ever filed.
The second annual Healthcare Workforce Barometer finds employers underestimating how many employees are ready to move, while interest in AI skills cools on both sides.
A dermatologist and a group of physician investors reopened a shuttered 25-bed Florida hospital, and now they want Congress to let other doctors do the same.
Physician groups back ACCESS Model but warn CMS against care fragmentation
HR thinks your recognition efforts are great. Employees would like a word.
Cerna Healthcare's SafePatch is a wearable skin patch that detects falls, tracks activity and sends emergency alerts to family or professional monitors, with shipping set to begin in October.
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