March 14th 2025
The Bipartisan Health Care Act includes a supplementary boost to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule conversion factor of 3.5375 percent and extends telehealth flexibiliies.
March 13th 2025
The agency says early termination could save taxpayers $750 million, but it raises concerns for primary care providers.
Meeting modern patient expectations is key to success
March 12th 2025
Creative financing gets physicians out of the collections business and back into the care business.
March 11th 2025
A significant opportunity for cost savings lies within administrative tasks, which often become burdensome and time-consuming.
Dengue cases growing in Puerto Rico; pandemic decrease in dental care; British health care – Morning Medical Update
The top news stories in medicine today.
Match 2024: Good news for primary care
AAFP president discusses the 2024 Match and the present and future of family and internal medicine.
Harnessing the power of AI to protect health care integrity
Using artificial intelligence to fight fraud, waste, abuse and error could have profound effects on primary care practices.
The most expensive drug in the world; brain cells under anesthesia; official pleads guilty – Morning Medical Update
Bill in Senate would accelerate payments to physicians, hospitals in major health care computer attacks
Change Healthcare hack prompts potential changes for Medicare payments.
A month later, Change Healthcare cyberattack becoming ‘extremely dire’ for affected practices
Company announces medical claims preparation software as Congress urges HHS to continue assistance.
Which 10 states are the best for practicing medicine?
WalletHub ranks them according to wages, opportunity and other metrics
Senators grill HHS Secretary Becerra on nation’s next health care spending plan
Department is seeking more than $1.7 trillion for mandatory programs, $130.7 billion in discretionary spending.
Congress and health care: Legislation to watch
Rep. Greg Murphy, MD, offers a physician’s perspective on health care and Washington, D.C.
Congress and health care: Regulate PBMs now
Congress and health care: Potentially massive Medicare fraud
Congress and health care: Prior authorizations
Congress and health care: Medicare Advantage needs a reboot
HHS: Government, insurers must cooperate to recover from Change Healthcare cyberattack
HHS, Labor Department publish open letter to health care leaders.
Congress and health care: Medicare payment reform is needed
Health care adds jobs as unemployment creeps up in February
Sector gains 66,700 workers last month.
Why health care providers and facilities need to transition to value-based care
Opportunities exist at the reimbursement level to drive financial performance.
The road to real value-based care
The time has come for primary care to drive the innovative change in health care delivery and financing.
Congressman on PBMs: ‘They've essentially become extortion artists’
Rep. Greg Murphy, MD, discusses prior authorizations and other pending legislation in Washington.
AHRQ at 35; Canadian drugs for Floridians; taking plastic to heart – Morning Medical Update
Medicare physician reimbursement: ‘Stop attacking those who were heroes just a couple years ago’
Rep. Greg Murphy, MD, calls for a complete reboot of the Medicare Advantage program.
Could there be a new CPT code coming for prior authorization work?
American Medical Association’s code panel has it on the agenda this spring.
President, Big Pharma, PBMs wrangle over high drug prices
Critics air concerns at White House roundtable as pharmacy benefit manager volley back.
Spending bills throw 1.68% bone to physicians for Medicare reimbursement
‘Appallingly inadequate’ after 3.4% cut starting this year, MGMA says.
Top states for medical debt – a slideshow
‘Primary care is in crisis’ – follow the money, or lack of it
Three experts talk about financial ramifications for physicians and the primary care workforce across the United States.
Patient health is worse in counties with greater medical debt
Study looks at what patients owe, where, and how it’s harming their health.
Prescription payment plans; cellular space shuttles; embryo morphogenesis – Morning Medical Update
On Capitol Hill: A message for primary care
A congressman discusses current health care issues in Washington, D.C.
‘Primary care is in crisis’ – Reasons for optimism if the nation is willing to invest
Questions and answers from two experts’ conversation about ‘The Health of US Primary Care: 2024 Scorecard Report – No One Can See You Now.’