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Medicare Advantage accounts for three of the top five administrative burdens facing medical groups, and nearly 95% of practices say the regulatory load has grown over the past three years, according to MGMA's 2026 Regulatory Burden Report.

AMA Organizational Biopsy survey finds third straight decline, but some specialties still top 40% burnout rates.

Across the U.S., independent physicians are leading a quiet resurgence, rediscovering the connection and fulfillment that drew them to medicine in the first place.

Access has overtaken staffing as health care's defining challenge, and physicians who don't embrace AI and team-based care risk falling behind.

Could it be that female physicians are fed up with workplace bias and lower pay? A new study quantifies attrition.

An emergency medicine resident with a valid work permit was taken into custody at an airport days after a family physician was detained at a nearby Border Patrol checkpoint.

Emergency Care Partners’ Kevin Baker explains how physicians can avoid common mistakes when selling a practice and protect value through careful financial, legal and tax strategies.

After years of physician departures and "nuclear verdicts," New Mexico physicians describe how cross-specialty advocacy and patient engagement drove landmark malpractice reform.

Bates says medicine needs a "quarterback" model for patients with multiple chronic conditions; Sims says without solving access first, no other strategy holds.

Better quality focus and policy pressure are driving down safety events, even as the patients left in hospitals grow more complex.

What physicians should consider when searching for staff and bringing the aboard in 2026.

A slideshow with figures from the Match and AAFP.

Ambient listening is going mainstream. Advanced practice providers are filling a physician shortage that isn't going away anytime soon.

Employment attorney Christopher Mayer, J.D., breaks down what physician practice leaders need to know about AI-driven layoff decisions and the fast-changing landscape for non-compete agreements.

Federal Trade Commission forms Healthcare Task Force to target anticompetitive practices, protect patients.

Staffing shortages, rising patient acuity and the spread of AI self-diagnosis tools are all hitting the health care system at the same time.

The results are in: AI is changing the health care workforce forever. Are you ready?

Rosemarie Aznavorian says acuity matters more than ratios, and when patients self-treat before arriving, hospitals need even more nurses to care for them.

ACP position paper outlines how the U.S. health care system's institutional barriers hinder physicians and budding doctors.

Sustainable growth comes from balancing three priorities: patient relationships, financial health, and operational consistency.

Access to care surged 14 points in two years to become the No. 1 policy issue for physicians.

How to transition patients, structure fees and avoid compliance traps.

The top news stories in medicine this week.

Misdiagnosis, contraindicated treatments and missed care are all on the table when AI becomes a patient's first (and only) stop.

Rosemarie Aznavorian, D.N.P., RN, CENP, CCWP, CCRN, says unread lab results, treatment anxiety and simple curiosity are all sending patients to AI — sometimes before their doctor has a chance to weigh in.