June 2nd 2025
Medical malpractice insurance needs an update
May 16th 2025
A 10-step guide for physicians to assess their compensation accurately, using benchmarks and data to ensure they receive fair pay for their expertise.
May 13th 2025
As use of artificial intelligence grows rapidly in health care, the American Medical Association brought together an expert panel to highlight policy changes, transparency concerns and implications for physician practices.
May 8th 2025
New physicians need to learn essential financial habits to manage student debt, budget wisely, and start retirement savings early for a secure future.
May 7th 2025
A recent district court case shows an LLC might not be enough
Biden administration to boost tariffs on Chinese medical supplies
The move will increase the tariff on syringes and needles to 50%.
The ins and outs of cannabis
What you need to know about legal status, FDA approval, patient safety and public perception.
Feds move to reclassify marijuana
Process begins to change drug from schedule I to schedule III under Controlled Substances Act.
Congress can help curb high health care costs—it starts with primary care
Passing Primary and Virtual Care Affordability Act would help by ensuring better access to primary care services
Hospitals charge private insurers more than double Medicare rates, RAND report finds
Study shows private insurers paid hospitals an average of 254% of what Medicare would have paid
Consideration postponed for new billing codes for prior authorization
AMA panel had proposal on May agenda; physician says a revised proposal likely will be submitted.
Cyberattacks are bankrupting health care providers. Insurance may help.
Contingent business interruption coverage may protect providers from losses experienced indirectly as a result of a cyberattack.
Policies to reform prior authorization: a slideshow
In Senate testimony, a primary care expert suggested policy reforms that allow doctors to spend less time on PA and more time with patients.
Feds form task force against monopolies and collusion in health care
Ramping up efforts against anticompetitive practices in business.
Representatives ponder balance of regulation, innovation in health care
Small Business Committee sympathetic to independent physician practices.
Medicare quality and availability at risk, trustees warn
Annual report calls for more efficient care models and for Congress to address looming financial shortfalls
You say ‘assistant’; in Oregon they say ‘associate’
State becomes first to officially recognize PA title change
Protecting your practice: cybersecurity defenses in the age of generative AI
Generative AI offers many benefits for physicians, but also brings new risks of data breaches
Reps question Change Healthcare CEO over cyberattack, hammer on effects of consolidation on smaller practices
Following testimony in Senate, UnitedHealth Group CEO Witty appears before House oversight subcommittee.
Change Healthcare: ‘We will not rest … until we fix this’
CEO Witty apologizes for effects of the massive cyberattack, but Senate Finance Committee chair says the company ‘let the country down.’
Feds move to reclassify marijuana as a Schedule III drug: reports
DEA, HHS on board to change cannabis status in national drug policy.
ACOs seek to remove “anomalous” spending from financial benchmark calculations
Request to CMS is prompted by unexpected spike in catheter prices from some suppliers
Navigating primary care partnerships
Strategic considerations and transaction trends
Is your practice complying with the law?
As physicians, it is important to ensure your organization is meeting all applicable federal and state regulations.
Senate summons Change Healthcare leader to testify about cyberattack
Finance Committee to convene hearing the same day as House committee will discuss the same issue.
Banning noncompetes: Physicians, hospitals, businesses react
Health care was an influence in FTC decision, but effects for nonprofits are up in the air.
The FTC’s noncompete rule is a concerning development for physicians
The ruling is going to be difficult to interpret and enforce.
FTC votes to ban noncompete clauses for all but high-level execs
Federal Trade Commission splits 3-2 on new rule about contract clauses that affect physicians and other health care workers, but ban won't cover nonprofits.
ACP renews call for physicians to vote, make health care an issue for presidential election year
Physicians group leaders comment as part of annual gathering this month.
Doctors can help fight the superbug crisis, but they can’t do it alone
Why physicians and patients need lawmakers to address antimicrobial resistance, a growing threat to the nation and the world.
UnitedHealth CEO to testify in House committee about Change Healthcare cyberattack
Energy & Commerce Committee announces hearing on May 1.
Physician-led ACOs are the most effective at reducing care costs: report
By managing chronic conditions and offering preventive screenings, they are able to keep patients out of high-cost care settings
The case for having insurance companies pay physicians for prior authorizations
Economist discusses potential cost savings and fewer administrative burdens if U.S. health care had an automated clearinghouse.
Feds launch new web portal to report unfair competition in health care
‘Unfair methods of competition and monopolistic practices may be depriving Americans of access to affordable, high-quality health care,’ FTC leader says.
After Change Healthcare massive cyberattack, lawmakers consider what comes next in cybersecurity
House subcommittee members relate constituent experiences, hear suggestions, question consolidation in health care.
