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MGMA publishes its 2024 Advocacy Agenda with position paper on artificial intelligence included for the first time.

Intervention at the primary care level on housing issues may be beneficial for disadvantaged patients, research shows

A new advocacy organization for independent physicians.

Amount patients need to save to cover all expenses continues to rise

Rule update will especially benefit rural and low-income patients

Is your practice following proper protocols when it comes to telehealth?

Are your employment agreements compliant with both state and federal law?

House lawmakers resume banging the drum for health care price transparency.

Nearly half of traditional Medicare beneficiaries now are aligned to an ACO

Better primary care could help reduce the disparities

New regulations aim to make prior auths faster and clearer for physicians and patients.

Warns of “access issues” if lawmakers fail to act

Congress must make faster prior authorizations a national priority in health care, advocates say.

Inflation is tops but health care concern is high as pessimism spreads like wildfire.

Collaboration among medical school, nursing school, and rural health institute aims to bring better care to rural Texas

HHS supports change from Schedule I drug to Schedule III, but DEA must weigh in.

Study finds majority takes less than three weeks, and many spend some vacation time working

The costs and burden of Maintenance of Certification drives physicians out of medicine

The top news stories in medicine today.

January meeting opens new year of wrangling in Washington as doctor costs go up and payments go down.

They say proposed penalty structure would harm small hospitals and medical groups, call for greater clarity on what would trigger penalties

CMS announces figures blowing by last year’s record of 16.3 million enrollees.

Action is latest in Biden administration’s efforts to rein in health care costs

Agency gives nod to Florida program that could save state up to $150 million annually