Leadership

Physicians describe growth, challenges, patient responses as direct primary care expands.

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?

Ambulatory Surgery Center Association analyzes financial effects in a growing part of U.S. health care.

Perceptions, policies and prices all are factors in the future of direct primary care, advocates say

Physician lawmakers support primary care, inflation-indexed payments and new POINTS system for quality reporting.

Aligning access, revenue cycles and digital engagement can reduce friction, improve transparency and accelerate collections

Is your recruiting team full of high performers? Trent Cotton explains the seven traits that separate the good ones from the bad ones.

For better health at a cheaper cost, the nation needs more investment, access and doctors in primary care.

When the exam you didn't do is still on the chart, it erodes credibility with patients, physicians and payers.

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

Two family doctors explain a new NASEM report recommending community-clinical partnerships

Primary care is a team sport, but some of the most important players are outside the physician’s office.

Recurring delays in documentation, referrals and patient communication often signal a flawed workflow, not a one-time mistake, practice management experts say.

Primary care is a team sport, but some of the most important players are outside the physician’s office.

Why is independent practice so important to health care? U.S. women’s Health Alliance advocates explain why

A primary care physician and policy expert reflects on current health care and service with MedPAC.

Because clinicians and the system are not programmed to ask: What can safely be stopped?

An excerpt from the book-length expose by surgeon-author Erica Rowe Urquhart, M.D., Ph.D., MBA

Surgeon and author advocates for independent practice and pinpoints problems with prior authorizations.

Atlanta internist and former ACP president Sandra A. Fryhofer, M.D. elected president-elect

Because ‘corporate intrusion threatens patient-centered care’ as national concerns grow about private equity ownership.

U.S. Women’s Health Alliance pitches policy solution that would enhance patient choice by sustaining independent practice.

HHS announces pledges from medical schools, accrediting boards to teach more about health effects of diet.

The world is shifting. Now is the time to trust and enhance physician leadership — and here's how to do it