August 12th 2025
Primary care is included among specialties in a new examination of a large practice around Chicago.
August 11th 2025
America’s Physician Groups also sound alarm on possible changes to USPSTF.
August 8th 2025
When Medicare reimbursement skyrockets for a treatment, expect increased oversight from lawmakers and administrators.
August 4th 2025
New research shows Medicare spends $3.6 billion annually on tests and procedures that provide little benefit to older adults — and patients pay another $800 million out of pocket.
August 1st 2025
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, now the law of the land, will bring change to U.S. health care.
Medicare drug plans shift costs to patients under IRA
Out-of-pocket caps protect high spenders, but many others could see their drug costs rise.
Perspectives on Medicare: Physicians, patients, politicians, analysts react to report
Trustees project Medicare hospital insurance trust fund will be depleted in 2033, three years earlier than expected.
Medicare hospital insurance trust fund projected to be depleted in 2033
Annual report puts depletion three years ahead of projected schedule in 2024 report.
Health care organizations brace for potential effects of cuts to Medicaid funding
AMGA survey finds member organizations anticipate major changes if Congress, President Trump slash Medicaid.
Health care groups continue warnings of dire consequences as Senate deliberates on Big Beautiful Bill
Senate Finance Committee publishes language that prompts new round of analysis, warnings for physicians, rural hospitals.
New bipartisan legislation takes aim at the physician shortage
The Resident Physician Shortage Reduction Act of 2025 would add 14,000 Medicare-support training slots over seven years and codify rural residency support.
MedPAC outlines rationale for new physician pay formula for Medicare
Reimbursement based on Medicare Economics Index will have a cost but ensure beneficiary access, commission says.
Value-based care could mean better access for Traditional Medicare patients, study finds
Physicians in supported, full-risk VBC models saw more new Traditional Medicare patients and kept panels open longer.
Value-based care, independent physicians, lifestyle choices all part of MAHA
CMS Innovation Center leader outlines strategy for Making America Healthy Again.
Cancer screenings could get more support through Medicare under new bill in congress
Multi-cancer early detection screenings could get coverage, once approved by FDA.
A decade of value-based care: Mark McClellan, M.D., Ph.D.
A discussion with Duke University's Mark McClellan, M.D., Ph.D., about why value-based care hasn’t been adopted more quickly
Physician groups warn of bad effects on health care as Senate takes up Big Beautiful Bill
Speculation mounts on potential changes and timing for federal spending plan already approved in House of Representatives.
GAO appoints internal medicine physician, health care AI entrepreneur as new MedPAC members
MedPAC is a key adviser to Congress on Medicare pay for physicians.
Is CMS going to wreck ACOs with bad math?
Aledade and ACOs press CMS to fix benchmarking error that could slash shared savings
From revenue risk to resilience: A new financial model for rural physicians
Balancing the ledger and the mission with up-front payment solutions strengthens access and revenue.
Remote monitoring technologies: What’s working, and how to pay for it
Peterson Center on Healthcare analyzes Medicare data to make policy recommendations for remote patient monitoring.
Remote patient monitoring policy: Recommendations for changing codes and payment
Caroline Pearson, executive director of the Peterson Center on Healthcare, explains a new analysis of use and payment for remote monitoring technologies.
Remote patient monitoring policy: Goals, duration and clinical success with RPM
Remote patient monitoring policy: Effects on diabetes care
Remote patient monitoring policy: Clinical success, part 2 — musculoskeletal conditions
Remote patient monitoring policy: Clinical success, part 1 — hypertension
Remote patient monitoring policy: A surprising finding on duration of use
Remote patient monitoring policy: Time for a review of Medicare spending
Remote patient monitoring policy: An introduction to the Peterson Center on Healthcare
AAFP: Big Beautiful Bill could affect physicians through Medicare pay, direct primary care, student loans, business taxes
AAFP board chair details potential effects in critique of federal spending plan.
One Big Beautiful Bill Act: Fiscal reform that Americans want, or gutting the health care system?
Responses focus on health care as House approves One Big Beautiful Bill federal spending legislation.
Bipartisan group brings back prior authorization reform legislation in Congress
HHS has made changes, but lawmakers want prior auth procedures codified in law.
Federal funding cuts in health care will jeopardize patient outcomes and ultimately raise costs
As Trump and Congress debate the Big Beautiful Bill, public health, medical research, and Medicaid could ‘Make America Healthy Again’ — if the nation pays for them.
It’s time to bring value-based care principles to hospice
How do hospice services for end of life align with value-based care? Here’s what primary care physicians should know.
In Medicare Advantage value-based care, women PCPs outperform and outearn their male peers
A new study in JAMA Health Forum finds women primary care physicians earn more under value-based models — while delivering better outcomes and fewer hospital visits.