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The clinician shortage is real, but there are other reasons why mental health referrals often go nowhere.

Jay Bregman of Andel says direct-to-employer purchasing takes prior authorization out of the prescription entirely, but the price a patient gets is tied to an employer's willingness to keep paying.

A JAMA analysis of nearly 250,000 board-certified internists puts hard numbers on how much underserved patient care rests on physicians born outside the U.S., just as visa policy tightens around them.

Supporters of osteopathic medical education hope Pennsylvania collaboration will be a model for the nation.

What happens when the CDC steps back from outbreak surveillance? We’re seeing it in real time, a doctor says

Shawntea Gordon of Atlas & Perpetua Healthcare Consulting says the cost most practices cut first is usually the one that was never the problem.

With small cuts, targeted gains and revision of the G2211 code, here’s what CMS' proposed 2027 PFS means for your bottom line

The top news stories in medicine this week.

As the outbreak continues, here’s what physicians need to know about diagnosing cyclosporiasis this summer

Joanne Frederick of Government Market Strategies argues the fix for runaway health care costs turned out worse than the problem it solved.

CMS is right to go after wasteful spending, but should use AI technology for accountability, not more prior authorizations

Just 49% of adults can now consistently afford needed care and medications

Here’s where to find a free online library of quick commentary on the business of health care.

Medicare is requesting information, including physician commentary, on primary care and MAHA.

Michigan pediatrician explains what physicians need to watch for in patients

Nearly half of health care organizations say patient access improved this year. Fewer than one in five patients agree. Experian Health's chief operating officer explains what practices are measuring that patients are not, and why a missing cost estimate now keeps patients out of the exam room entirely.

A national survey of 465 direct primary care physicians upends the $77-per-month benchmark and much of what the model was assumed to look like.

A surgeon and biotech leader discusses the role of primary care doctors in wound care.

‘Transparency is now the norm’ as Leapfrog Group logs data for more than 6,000 facilities nationwide.

A pediatrician offers advice on diagnosing the illness and discussing it with patients.

Benefit design is quietly undermining primary care. How can doctors fight it?

Health care economist Wayne Winegarden, Ph.D., argues that two decades of inflation-eroded Medicare payment, not corporate ownership or management services organizations, is what is pushing independent practices to sell.

A surgeon and biotech leader discusses the role of primary care doctors in wound care.

Female physicians leave clinical practice at a median age of 49, compared with age 64 for their male colleagues, and the practice patterns patients value most may be part of what drives them out.

A framework published in npj Digital Medicine ranks patient care and staff experience alongside price, and says a health system that cannot score a tool across all five domains may not be ready to buy it.