Medicare & Medicaid

AMGA, lawmakers lead charge against beneficiary pay for chronic care management.

Insurers are seeking a median 14% increase for 2027, a jump that would leave typical marketplace premiums more than one-third higher in two years.

Answers on adapting to shifts in Medicare, with three strategies to implement right now.

New YouGov data rank what patients consider before agreeing to a treatment.

Two family doctors explain a new NASEM report recommending community-clinical partnerships

Lowering drug costs for older adults is a laudable goal, but don’t do it by blocking physician access to needed medicines.

The top news stories in medicine this week.

What primary care physicians should know about developing science that moves beyond skin substitutes.

Physicians are loading protected health information into consumer AI tools. Here’s how to avoid risk of HIPAA violations

Because compiling and feeding masses of data to Medicare takes time away from treating patients.

Primary care is a team sport, but some of the most important players are outside the physician’s office.

Andel is one of a growing number of companies selling brand-name drugs straight to employers, bypassing pharmacy benefit managers and insurers. Medical Economics sat down with founder and CEO Jay Bregman to understand the model and what physicians should keep in mind.

Two new federal programs are opening Medicare and Medicaid coverage for GLP-1 obesity drugs, and Tracy Zvenyach, Ph.D., M.S., RN, of the Obesity Action Coalition explains what it means for primary care physicians and their patients.

The top news stories in medicine this week.

Primary care is a team sport, but some of the most important players are outside the physician’s office.

Can independent practices turn Medicare into a strategic advantage? How to go from liability to leverage

Urban Institute data show 46% of adults aged 18 to 64 faced unmet care needs, unpaid medical bills or medical debt, with even insured families hit hard

What works well when health care partners with community groups? National Academy of Medicine offers answers for Medicare.

The latest HHS-OIG findings spur audits in real time around vascular procedures — and primary care could be involved.

Federal prosecutors charged, settled and sentenced health care fraud at a record pace in the first half of 2026. These are the 10 most consequential cases, counted down to a record-setting finish.

An Obesity Action Coalition leader discusses latest developments in treatment of obesity as a chronic disease.

Here’s how to get paid more for managing patient complex conditions over time.

The top news stories in medicine this week.

Medicare’s G2211 code has a critical design flaw by applying a primary care fix to specialty care

A new JAMA analysis of 1,000 federally funded training positions found psychiatry capturing the largest share of gains, while the proportion reaching primary care and rural communities fell with each round.