The Illinois College of Osteopathic Medicine at The Chicago School welcomed its first class of 91 students in July, with mental health built into all four years of training. Medical Economics spoke with John Lucas, D.O., and Michele Nealon, Psy.D., about whole-person care, burnout and the stigma physicians face in seeking help.
CMS' proposed cuts to physician fees focus on the operating room. For the primary care physicians managing recovery after surgery, the real gap is much larger.
Health care was the only one of five sectors to cut spending commitments this spring, falling 2.8% as hospitals faced rising supply costs and physicians awaited the final 2027 Medicare fee schedule, Coupa's Business Spend Index found.
It's shared savings season and the check has arrived. Now how do physicians divide it up fairly?
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An OpenAI agent's unauthorized trip through an Australian Medicare data portal is a preview of the risks physicians take on as autonomous AI moves into prior authorization, billing and scheduling, and of what practices should demand from the vendors deploying it.
Adding a brief safety reminder cut potentially harmful clinical choices by large language models from 16.6% to 10.1% across more than 10 million responses, but researchers say it doesn't replace physician oversight.
Urban Institute analysis finds 26% of insured adults owe medical debt, with hospitals the largest source
Why physicians need to act like practice owners, even when they're employed.
A simple break-even calculation turns a reimbursement advantage into staff minutes, showing practices when prior authorization, denials and uncollected patient balances wipe out a better rate.
Patient Prism co-founder and CEO Amol Nirgudkar explains what unanswered phones cost physicians in patients and ad spending, and where AI voice agents can help today.
The top news stories in medicine today.
Recent CMS rule changes reinforce that operational discipline is increasingly shaping reimbursement
Medical Economics spoke with Monique Delgado, former CEO of Integrated Medical Services, about where salary-only pay falls short, which metrics to tie incentives to and how to change physician pay without eroding trust.
The American Medical Association recognized 92 hospitals, health systems and medical groups for system-level work to reduce burnout and support physician well-being.
Fifty-nine percent of health care workers say they're likely to look for a new job in the next year, but employers estimate 39%.
A Hologic survey of 1,000 U.S. women aged 35 to 75 found that a direct recommendation from a physician was the top motivator for overdue patients, while knowledge gaps about cost, radiation and breast density persist.
Who needs imaging when you can try PT first?
Moving beyond simply avoiding burnout and getting to vitality and growth needed to lead.
What it takes for health systems and health plans to stay visible when an AI model is the one making the recommendation.
There are a lot of financial advisors out there, but not all of them have your best interest in mind
From AI scribes and coding habits to the claims payers quietly cut, these are the lessons physicians can take from four days of sessions and interviews at the Medical Group Management Association's centennial meeting.
Coding scrutiny, payment gaps and a push for price caps show up across Trilliant Health's annual look at where U.S. health care is headed.
Brittney Anderson, M.D., FAAFP, explains how her family medicine practice uses 15 minutes each morning to catch care gaps, cut interruptions and get the whole team on the same page.
The practices seeing real returns from AI don't just switch it on. They choose the right technology and partner, then customize it to their workflows and patients.
Trilliant Health's annual trends report traces primary care shortages, payment gaps and looming price caps to incentives no single stakeholder has reason to fix.
MGMA's senior vice president of IT explains how independent practices can adopt AI and new technology without big budgets or IT teams.
A written financial guide and a candid conversation can help a surviving spouse avoid cash shortfalls and financial chaos during a time of grief.
WalletHub scored the loyalty programs of the nine largest U.S. hotel chains on 21 metrics, and the biggest footprint didn't guarantee a top spot.
