Patients can't compare prices, can't read their bills and can't take their records with them. An interventional radiologist proposes price-tagged orders, shared savings accounts and portable patient records.
A pediatrician won a Senate seat in South Carolina, an OB-GYN lost one in Kansas, and South Dakota voters kept Medicaid expansion in their constitution.
Control of Congress, 30 governorships in Medicaid work-requirement states and eight statewide health care measures were on Tuesday's ballot. Here is what each one would change for physicians and their patients.
Only 22 of the articles in a Georgetown scoping review defined health equity, a gap the lead author said could steer resources toward the most advantaged groups.
Five-year update to the 2021 National Academy of Medicine report finds little progress on access and calls for universal primary care coverage, more investment and a bigger workforce.
CMS scaled back its same-day E/M payment cut in the final 2027 physician fee schedule, but the 20% reduction still costs practices money and patients time. Here's what practices should audit now and what physicians should ask Congress before the lame-duck session ends.