Opinion

What clinicians should ask before trusting artificial intelligence with medication decisions

With small cuts, targeted gains and revision of the G2211 code, here’s what CMS' proposed 2027 PFS means for your bottom line

CMS is right to go after wasteful spending, but should use AI technology for accountability, not more prior authorizations

Physicians drive savings, but AI could reward the intermediaries controlling ACOs.

The OIG's own data suggest a narrower fix than the one CMS proposed

Now is the time to rethink point-of-care engagement in electronic health records

Benefit design is quietly undermining primary care. How can doctors fight it?

Greater availability of the blockbuster drugs does not mean every older patient should get them.

Aligning access, revenue cycles and digital engagement can reduce friction, improve transparency and accelerate collections

When patients ask about compounded semaglutide or tirzepatide, practices need a repeatable way to document, triage and react

Why did Medicare risk adjustment become little more than mining charts, checking boxes and gaming the system?

When the exam you didn't do is still on the chart, it erodes credibility with patients, physicians and payers.

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

What's written at the point of referral affects how that record holds up later. Here’s what primary care physicians need to know.

Your health care artificial intelligence is only as good as the data behind it. Here's how to get that right.

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

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

Could a simple blood test transform how we diagnose Alzheimer's disease? A primer on what primary care physicians should know about blood-based biomarkers right now

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

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

Many physicians assume their health insurance follows them wherever they go. In reality, gaps can create significant financial and medical risks.

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

Patients are already using AI to choose physicians. Here’s what your website needs to say to show up in those results.

Because clinicians and the system are not programmed to ask: What can safely be stopped?

An excerpt from the book-length expose by surgeon-author Erica Rowe Urquhart, M.D., Ph.D., MBA