September 23rd 2025
From Rhode Island to California, states are experimenting with ways to funnel more money into primary care, though it’s uncertain whether those investments can rein in overall health costs.
September 19th 2025
Health Care Cost Institute analysis highlights shrinking investment, wide state variation and sharper rural reliance on primary care.
September 17th 2025
Uncertainty builds among physicians, patients, insurers as medical groups try to fill leadership gap on vaccines.
The Doctors Company warns economic and social inflation are driving higher malpractice costs, fueled by large verdicts and litigation financing.
Physicians Foundation tallies responses about emotional health, workplace stressors.
RPM and Medicare in 2026: On patient health and financial sustainability
Potential changes for remote physiologic monitoring and remote therapeutic monitoring in the 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule.
Painful prognosis: Physicians fear Trump, RFK Jr. will push U.S. health care from bad to worse
Exclusive results of a survey of Medical Economics’ physician audience.
RPM and Medicare in 2026: Why flexibility matters for patients and physicians using remote monitoring
Ultraprocessed foods: A majority of the American diet, and a majority bad for health
CDC, American Heart Association publish reports quantifying consumption and offering policy recommendations.
RPM and Medicare in 2026: A new treatment service management code
RPM and Medicare in 2026: Changing required days per month to gain flexibility
New concepts for nutrition, science and lifestyle in medical education
The leader of a lifestyle medicine program discusses the importance of nutrition and dietary training for physicians.
Health care bankruptcies slow to a crawl, but change for the worse could be coming, analysts say
Bankruptcy consultant Gibbins Advisors reports on key economic indicators for the second quarter.
Nutrition in medical education: How to approach patients with dietary advice
As colorectal cancer cases grow in younger adults, U.S. health care reaches ‘pivotal point’ in screening for it
Trio of studies examines state of CRC and best ways to engage patients since USPSTF updated screening recommendations in 2021.
Nutrition in medical education: Health effects, scientific evidence — and the best diet
AI-powered direct primary care practice launches
HealthTap DPC model made possible by Big Beautiful Bill Act
CDC funding change could stifle progress against opioid epidemic, public health leaders say
Money is on hold, but local health experts say it needs to keep flowing to ensure continuation of prevention and response programs.
PBMs concentrate market share across the nation: AMA
Study examines potential harm to market competition by pharmacy benefit managers and health insurers.
Jobs report shows little change in unemployment, but job growth slows
Health care is propping up the U.S. employment market, one analyst says.
Nutrition in medical education: ‘Let food be thy medicine, and medicine be thy food’
Nutrition in medical education: Using both lifestyle medicine and conventional medicine to benefit patients
Nutrition in medical education: Lifestyle medicine vs. conventional medicine
What's broken in medicine—and how to fix it: The rise of misinformation
The U.S. health care system is a mess. Here’s what needs to change.
HHS, RFK Jr. target synthetic opioid 7-OH aiming to avert the next national addiction crisis
Synthetic opioid sold at stores and online is ‘a recipe for a public health disaster.’
Nutrition in medical education: Classroom, clinic and community
What's broken in medicine—and how to fix it: Healthy aging
Nutrition in medical education: Beginnings within a medical school
What's broken in medicine—and how to fix it: Even a veteran doc can be surprised
What's broken in medicine—and how to fix it: Equity in technology
What's broken in medicine—and how to fix it: The AI hype train
What's broken in medicine—and how to fix it: Primary care
What's broken in medicine—and how to fix it: The big retail fail
What's broken in medicine—and how to fix it: Why the system is a mess
More than 120M Americans lack adequate access to health care, study finds
Pharmacy closures, hospital shortages and underserved primary care persist in 80% of counties across rural and urban America.