Opinion

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

Retrospective data are not irrelevant, but primary care needs AI and advanced analytics to treat real-world patients in real time.

Here’s how AI hallucinations are creating a patient safety problem no one is talking about.

The clinician shortage is real, but there are other reasons why mental health referrals often go nowhere.

Medicare's proposed 2027 reimbursement rates would fall below the cost of RPM devices, risking declines in physician pay and patient health

Physicians have questions about capitation. Here's what it means for your practice.

What clinicians should ask before trusting artificial intelligence with medication decisions

With small cuts, targeted gains and revision of the G2211 code, here’s what CMS' proposed 2027 PFS means for your bottom line

CMS is right to go after wasteful spending, but should use AI technology for accountability, not more prior authorizations

Physicians drive savings, but AI could reward the intermediaries controlling ACOs.

The OIG's own data suggest a narrower fix than the one CMS proposed

Now is the time to rethink point-of-care engagement in electronic health records

Benefit design is quietly undermining primary care. How can doctors fight it?

Greater availability of the blockbuster drugs does not mean every older patient should get them.

Aligning access, revenue cycles and digital engagement can reduce friction, improve transparency and accelerate collections

When patients ask about compounded semaglutide or tirzepatide, practices need a repeatable way to document, triage and react

Why did Medicare risk adjustment become little more than mining charts, checking boxes and gaming the system?

When the exam you didn't do is still on the chart, it erodes credibility with patients, physicians and payers.

Answers on adapting to shifts in Medicare, with three strategies to implement right now.

What's written at the point of referral affects how that record holds up later. Here’s what primary care physicians need to know.

Your health care artificial intelligence is only as good as the data behind it. Here's how to get that right.

Lowering drug costs for older adults is a laudable goal, but don’t do it by blocking physician access to needed medicines.

Physicians are loading protected health information into consumer AI tools. Here’s how to avoid risk of HIPAA violations

Could a simple blood test transform how we diagnose Alzheimer's disease? A primer on what primary care physicians should know about blood-based biomarkers right now

Can independent practices turn Medicare into a strategic advantage? How to go from liability to leverage