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President Barack Obama is aiming to fix a broken promise made during the rollout of the Affordable Care Act (ACA): that people can keep their existing health insurance, if they like it, under healthcare reform. Thursday Obama announced that health insurance companies can delay upgrades to existing plans to meet the requirements of the ACA until 2014.

Much of the unmet demand for primary care services can be addressed by making better use of existing resources, say two healthcare policy experts.

After a series of negative media reports, the American Medical Association (AMA) is finally taking measures to make its RUC committee less opaque.

To err is human. Every physician at any experience level has made a medical error. Sometimes mistakes can cause harm to patients. How should a physician respond? Is there a role for an apology, or will that lead to a lawsuit?

A new levy on unearned income takes effect in 2014, but smart planning can help minimize its effects.

Learn what to assess when deciding whether to buy health insurance for your practice on the exchanges.

Some insurance companies, when canceling healthcare policies, have not been telling customers that cheaper policies may be available through insurance exchanges.

Emerging models for delivering primary care have the potential for alleviating the shortage of primary care doctors, according to a new study.

Small business owners will have to wait until the end of the month to purchase insurance on the government health insurance exchanges. What date the website will be available, is still unknown.

A reader asserts that reducing the administrative burden on doctors would allow them to practice more efficiently.

A reader writes that maintenance of certification requirements should be eliminated.

A reader writes that physicians can eliminate payer interference by reverting to the pre-Medicare system of being paid directly by patients.

Advocates say telemedicine will take on greater importance in care models of the future, but hurdles remain.

Government mandates, innovation, and usability are factors that will determine which EHRs will lead the industry

Medical Economics unveils its exclusive list of the top 100 electronic health record (EHR) companies.

A study from the Blue Shield of California foundation looks at how to engage low-income patients in their healthcare.

The three areas of MU2 that are most challenging for vendors are achieving certification for clinical quality measures, interoperability, and automated measure calculation for reporting metrics.

Though President Barack Obama takes responsibility, it is still unclear when the healthcare exchange website will be fixed.

A panel of 18 physicians spent months discussing ways to curb the unsustainable growth of healthcare costs in the United States.

More young adults are having a harder time transitioning from pediatric to adult healthcare.

Two of healthcare's information technology leaders are merging

A reader defends the goals of the Affordable Care Act.

A reader says that Canada's single-payer healthcare system is not right for the United States.

A reader comments on the difficulties of practicing primary care medicine in today's healthcare system.

A reader writes that without tort reform, the Affordable Care Act will not lower the cost of medical care.

A new study of healthcare disparities between states shows that poor residents of high-performing states often have better health outcomes than affluent residents of low-performing states.

A sampling of physicians on social media weigh in on the Affordable Care Act and the government shutdown this week.

We have answers to your questions about what the government shutdown means to physicians and their patients

The Department of Health and Human Services has furloughed more than half of its staff to comply with the government shutdown.