Industry Trends

Is DPC for you? Hear from physicians who made the switch and found success.

Arrow founder and CEO Roshan Patel explains why health care payment processing is a mess, and what practices can actually do about it.

Four primary care experts unpack a landmark report showing that investing in primary care isn't just good medicine — it's the most powerful cost-reduction strategy the U.S. isn't using.

Seven straight years of increases is not a crisis yet, AMA says, and internal medicine cost still is far lower than surgery and obstetrics and gynecology.

Risk is declining, but specialty and age are factors in malpractice claims throughout a career, according to American Medical Association analysis.

An investment adviser explains medical practice valuation and the strategic choices independent physicians face.

Two-thirds of health care finance chiefs cite government funding uncertainty as their biggest concern in Strata Decision Technology's 2026 report.

Emerging technology can support primary care physicians with early detection that offers the best hope for patients

WalletHub ranked all 50 states and Washington, D.C., on children’s health.

Elation Health’s inaugural Primary Care Pulse report finds independent primary care physicians are adopting new payment models, embracing AI and holding onto their patient relationships despite mounting financial pressure.

The disproportionate burden on rural health systems, and the technology that could help

But not everyone agrees as HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., heads to house to explain priorities.

Sightview Software's Holly Black explains the 2026 rule changes, why small practices still have time to act and how a few hours a month can be the difference between a bonus and a penalty.

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

Rep. Greg Landsman (D-Ohio) explains why he wants to ban the WISeR model, and why AI should be used to fix prior authorization, not make it worse.

Claim denials are a huge problem for physicians and hospitals. The solution is found in rethinking data and workflow

ArentFox Schiff's Pat Naples, J.D., breaks down the legal basis behind CMS's latest antifraud push and what physician practices need to do before investigators come knocking.

Physician communication can build trust and empower patients to make decisions based on fact, not social media claims.

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

Patients have the best chance of success — and physicians avoid exposure — when doctors and dentists pursue communication, clarity and collaboration

Health care accounted for 84% of total recoveries.

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

Physicians, lawmakers, policy advisers wrangle over legislation to adjust physician pay and upgrades to Medicare Advantage.

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

Insights from the president of the American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (AAPM&R).