A primary-care voucher model would pay practices upfront for predictable care and leave insurance to cover catastrophic risk, cutting administrative burden and giving physicians time back with patients.

Wendy S. Harpham, M.D., FACP, draws on decades as a patient with lymphoma to show physicians which phrases comfort patients and which cause distress without meaning to.

MGMA members described capping Medicare Advantage contracts and favoring commercial patients, while one Texas practice leader reluctantly called Medicare her best payer.

A Monash University study published in Nature Communications finds that an antibiotic resistance gene lets Clostridioides difficile keep forming spores tough enough to withstand hospital-grade cleaning products and high laundry temperatures.

At an MGMA Government Affairs town hall, attendees raised extrapolated audits, employer plans beyond state reach and denials with no reason codes.

Seema Verma, now leader at Oracle, describes the state of the technology for MGMA.

Start with a spreadsheet, add curiosity and communication, and make a real difference to practice income.

The Grammy-nominated songwriter traced his path from Belfast during the Troubles to the front of INXS, then walked practice leaders through what he says the best bands do differently.