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Two physicians and two health system executives got candid with Chief Healthcare Executive about denials, administrative burden and what AI is actually delivering.

As patient demand outpaces staffed beds and workforce growth, early clinical guidance from nurses is emerging as a way to protect physicians, shorten wait times and stabilize access — especially in rural and safety-net communities.

Patient demand is high, but distinctions are fuzzy about compounded GLP-1s. Primary care physicians can help

Physicians in eight specialties now clear $500,000 a year, and the distance between the top earners and primary care keeps growing.

As more physicians weigh a move to concierge or hybrid practices, health care attorney Ericka Adler, J.D., breaks down the contract and Medicare traps that can turn a panel-shrinking strategy into a legal problem.

What's written at the point of referral affects how that record holds up later. Here’s what primary care physicians need to know.

Your health care artificial intelligence is only as good as the data behind it. Here's how to get that right.

A four-point plan to focus attention on cybersecurity without a complete network overhaul.

The top news stories in medicine this week.

For the first time in years, physician pay and productivity have split, and a new Medicare efficiency adjustment is about to make 2026 a hard year to benchmark, schedule and recruit.

An Oregon emergency physician group beat back a hospital's attempt to replace it with a national staffing firm, offering independent practices a playbook built on physician unity, advocacy and corporate practice of medicine law.

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.

Nearly 40% of Gen Z patients don't have a primary care physician, and Andrea Giamalva, M.D., FAAFP, says urgent care is quietly stepping in to fill the gap.

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.