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Practices say technology is essential to staying independent but don't fully trust their current tools, and a Veradigm strategist explains the gap.

A new national survey finds just 71% of adults under 30 have a primary care physician, and fewer than half of those saw one in the past year.

Could a simple blood test transform how we diagnose Alzheimer's disease? A primer on what primary care physicians should know about blood-based biomarkers right now

CliniComp's Sandra Johnson says cost and vendor unwillingness — not technology — are now the biggest barriers to data exchange

Urban Institute data show 46% of adults aged 18 to 64 faced unmet care needs, unpaid medical bills or medical debt, with even insured families hit hard

The latest HHS-OIG findings spur audits in real time around vascular procedures — and primary care could be involved.

An Obesity Action Coalition leader discusses latest developments in treatment of obesity as a chronic disease.

Many physicians assume their health insurance follows them wherever they go. In reality, gaps can create significant financial and medical risks.

A new survey of physicians, nurses and health care leaders points to burnout, reimbursement uncertainty and the pace of AI adoption as the top threats to the system, even as national data show physician burnout easing.

Rising costs are forcing employers into tough decisions about coverage — and the numbers may shift again by 2027.

Patients are already using AI to choose physicians. Here’s what your website needs to say to show up in those results.

A primary care physician and policy expert reflects on current health care and service with MedPAC.

J.D. Power survey data reveals a widening gap between what health plans promise and what members actually experience — a pattern physicians and patients know all too well.

Researchers address frequently asked questions about latest findings on dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease, and the role of primary care.

Atlanta internist and former ACP president Sandra A. Fryhofer, M.D. elected president-elect

Because ‘corporate intrusion threatens patient-centered care’ as national concerns grow about private equity ownership.

HHS announces pledges from medical schools, accrediting boards to teach more about health effects of diet.

A veteran practice administrator at the MGMA Summit digital conference laid out the disruptions ahead — from AI phone agents to payer audits — and how physician practices can get in front of them.

The world is shifting. Now is the time to trust and enhance physician leadership — and here's how to do it

Veradigm's Aaron Ledbetter, M.P.P., M.H.S.A., unpacks what the company's 2026 State of Independent Practice report reveals about why denied claims, payer complexity and administrative overload keep outrunning the tools practices are using to fight them.

American Hospital Association asks for collaboration to implement a new policy guide addressing major issues across U.S. health care and medicine.

Here's a place to start the discussion when patients ask about one of the hottest issues across medicine and health care.

A new JAMA proposal would treat primary care as a public utility, pooling the dollars payers already spend on it into a single state fund that pays practices directly, with no new spending needed to start.

What happens to healthcare if patients can’t afford it?

Atlas MD co-founder Josh Umbehr, M.D., who has been in direct primary care practice since 2010, explains why he thinks the model is closer to mainstream than most physicians realize.