September 17th, 2026U.S. Preventive Services Task Force roster adds new cardiologists, radiologist, health economistRFK Jr. appoints members to fill a panel that has not met in more than a year, but is influential on primary care.Read more
September 11th, 2026Hospital consolidation: Making primary care more integrated — and more expensiveIndependent primary care is struggling under a payment system stacked against itRead more
September 18th, 2026Dr. Oz on ACCESS: Let’s treat patients instead of just checking boxesCMS chief says outcomes-based pay can help patients while finally ending physicians' box-checking frustration.Read more
September 18th, 2026AI leaders ask for a slowdown, and health care ignores them; Medicare's AI prior auth pilot denied 5,944 requests; 59% of health care workers plan to look for a new job — Morning Medical Update Weekly RecapThe top news stories in medicine this week.Read more
September 18th, 2026Is your compensation model rewarding the wrong doctor?Revenue per patient is a common way to split practice profit. It’s also the wrong way.Read more
September 17th, 2026On National Physician Suicide Awareness Day 2026, 71% of physicians say mental health stigma persistsA 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.Read more
September 17th, 2026Medical debt isn't just an uninsured problem, survey findsPrivate insurance helps patients get care, but does not cover all costs, according to study by The Commonwealth FundRead more
September 16th, 2026What they're saying about the draft 2027 Medicare Physician Fee ScheduleReactions from five leading organizations were among thousands of public comments on the draft document.Read more