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Food is up, gas is down, health care has mixed results in latest Consumer Price Index.

Lawmakers say they are ‘alarmed’ as hospitals get $28 billion in tax breaks, but millions of Americans struggle with medical debt.

International medical graduates can help both patients and doctors

Industry analyst reviews cybersecurity for first half of the year, and the results aren’t good.

Fears that attacks on government, academia, and manufacturing will spread to health care.

Study finds them overrepresented in academic fields with highest salaries

Senators, representatives, health groups endorse the Treat and Reduce Obesity Act.

U.S. Department of Justice claims first conviction by jury trial for pandemic fraud charges.

Plaintiffs say algorithm enables denials without physician review

Patients have limits as to what they are willing to give up in order to secure the long-term sustainability of Medicare

Employers and patients need access to these actual health plan rates to know what they are expected to pay.

Check out our exclusive and latest physician survey data.

Medicare data offer a snapshot of health care workforce in recent years.

Patients need ‘timely and high-quality care,’ not ‘bureaucratic red tape,’ lawmakers say.

Private equity firms and insurance companies are encroaching on health care

Feds announce separate cases involving billing for services doctors did not perform.

Malpractice insurance rates for physicians can vary widely based on a number of influences, including specialty, location and claims history. Therefore, it’s challenging to provide a definitive answer regarding whether rates are rising, falling or staying the same.

Unless you are an all-cash pay practice, all your Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes and claims are tracked, and it doesn’t matter whether you are large or small. If you fall outside the bell curve, you’re at risk.

If proposals aren’t sorted out, PA problems will get worse, not better, according to medical organizations.

In a separate case, a physician is convicted of dealing opioids.

Physicians, health care groups line up to support Value in Health Care Act.

Act stalled in Congress in 2022, but similar provisions move forward in legislation this year.

Physicians in Congress speak on federal legislation that aims for medical care price transparency for consumers.

A look at the proposed new guidelines.

Federal agencies and law enforcement are using data mining to identify and prosecute providers. Here’s what you need to know.

Donation guarantees free tuition in perpetuity to students at school’s Long Island campus

Ruling about pharmacy discount programs has far broader relevance for all of health care that deals with federal billing.

Subcommittee ponders whether reduced competition hurts patient care and free enterprise in business of medicine.

Company denies wrongdoing as feds investigate whistleblower claims.

With no major policy shifts to tackle public health problems, it’s going to get worse.