June 12th 2025
Under new legislation, patients would get far fewer suggestions to ‘ask your doctor if…’
June 11th 2025
Experts examine drug pricing policies and potential effects of new tariffs on imports.
June 10th 2025
Physicians Advocacy Institute publishes figures on five-year decline.
June 6th 2025
Wolters Kluwer’s new report reveals high hopes for generative AI across health care, but few organizations have the policies, training or infrastructure to make it work.
Life expectancy has been unchanged for American women for a century — and may get worse due to lifestyle choices.
Trump: Administration will ‘keep our children healthy and strong’
President mentions some health care issues in address to Congress.
Wellvana acquires CVS Health’s MSSP business, expands value-based care reach
The transaction positions Wellvana as a leading value-based care enabler, extending services to approximately one million Medicare patients across 40 states.
Trump tariffs on imports and effects on health care, explained
President Trump says it’s necessary to impose extra costs on goods from Canada, Mexico and China. What does that mean for the health care sector? Potentially, a lot.
Keys to a safe practice, moving forward
Andrea Greco, SVP of healthcare safety at CENTEGIX, explains what practices should keep in mind moving forward in regards to workplace safety.
Health care money trail could lead to policy solutions to control spending while improving patient outcomes
Author discusses new study that breaks down health care spending and medical conditions over a decade, and what that could mean for the future.
Trump orders ‘radical transparency’ for health care pricing
Executive order says HHS will ‘rapidly enforce’ price disclosures by hospitals, health insurers.
Primary Care Scorecard: ‘We have to put primary care first’
A discussion about primary care with the president of the Milbank Memorial Fund.
Financial toll of health conditions: hundreds of billions of dollars
Author describes origin of new study that breaks down health care spending and medical conditions over a decade.
Primary Care Scorecard: ‘More than enough money’ for good primary care
Primary Care Scorecard: Reforming graduate medical education
Primary Care Scorecard: Why primary care is losing physicians
Primary Care Scorecard: Medicare undervalues primary care
Public vastly overestimates primary care spending, study finds
U.S. general public overestimated primary care funding by 10 times.
Primary Care Scorecard: A surprising finding
Primary Care Scorecard: How it started
Massive study on medical conditions and spending aims to fill in knowledge gaps about U.S. health care
Author describes origin of new cost breakdown on health care spending over a decade.
FDA layoffs spark industry, lawmaker backlash over risks to patient safety
AdvaMed, Senate Democrats warn of regulatory slowdowns and public health threats following mass layoffs at the FDA.
Health insurers say they’ll do better … time will tell if they do
Insurers promised change after Brian Thompson’s murder, but some seem more committed that others
Per capita spending on health care: 13 states at the bottom
New study outlines health care spending down to the county level.
Health care spending per person: 12 states where it is highest — a slideshow
Primary care ‘reaching a breaking point,’ experts say
Scorecard has bad marks for health care system that devotes rhetoric and attention — but not money — to primary care.
‘Underfunded and undervalued’ — primary care dwindles as chronic disease booms
U.S. health care system gets failing grade for supporting primary care, say Milbank Memorial Fund and the Physicians Foundation.
Preventive antimicrobials: A promising solution to antibiotic resistance
Prevention beats treatment for everyone — patients, payers and investors.
Health care spending has wide variation, with Type 2 diabetes as top condition, according to major study
Research estimates health care spending by conditions, age, types of care, down to county level.
Drug prices: Introducing research and patient advocacy group AAR
A discussion about the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program with Adina Lasser, director of public policy and government affairs with the Alliance for Aging Research.
Health care profits flow to shareholders, not patient care, study finds
Yale researchers revealed $2.6 trillion in payouts over two decades, raising concerns about affordability and reinvestment.
Primary care: Fighting AMR on the front line of medicine
Other clinicians and patients all have a place in slowing the spread of antimicrobial resistance.
An ounce of prevention: How primary care physicians can help patients avoid cancer
Screenings are also crucial, but prior authorization requirements create a barrier to care.
Primary care is harder to access since the COVID-19 pandemic
A recent Dartmouth study finds primary care practices struggling with accessibility despite advances in practice capabilities since 2017-2018.
Hospital performance showed continued stability in 2024
Expenses continued to rise throughout the year, but they did not outpace inflation