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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.

AMA survey shows doctors are skeptical about the latest promises about streamlining prior authorizations.

Carlos Cardenas, M.D., explains why a CMS request for information may signal the most significant opening for physician-owned hospitals since the Affordable Care Act slammed the door 15 years ago.

The Commonwealth Fund examines health care across developed nations and finds dismal results for the United States.

But some of the state’s top physicians and clinicians say they were blindsided by the pilot program.

Policies are needed now to rein in private equity investments and protect physicians and patients.

Patients postpone care due to delays in prior authorizations. It’s a symptom of major changes happening in health care.

Experity's Andrea Giamalva, M.D., FAAFP, says urgent care was never designed to replace primary care, but with a looming physician shortage and nearly 40% of Gen Z without a PCP, it's filling gaps the system hasn't figured out how to close.

Private equity draws a lot of negative comments from doctors, but is it actually a good thing for medicine?

The doctor is still in, and needs to consider what artificial intelligence can and can’t do in the clinic

What physicians should know about treatment options for patients with obesity — and why they need to be advocates

Federally qualified health centers offer primary care to millions, and their role has never been more critical

Dem doctors in Congress say USPSTF is not broken and HHS secretary should not try to fix it.

Patients and policy makers should know a key part of the U.S. health care system is crumbling

Physicians Advocacy Institute study finds just 18% of doctors work in physician-owned practices.

AMA survey finds prior authorizations are killing physician trust in insurers, along with patient care.

AACOM report shows 98.76% placement rate for 2026.

A video explainer about why patients in direct primary care end up loving their doctors.

Burnout, hassle and unrealistic patient demands have replaced personal health concerns and rising malpractice premiums as the top drivers of early physician exits.