Opinion

Lost and stolen devices used to cause half of all major health care breaches. Now the real exposure is hiding in staff phones, outdated medical equipment and unmanaged passwords.

The United States must address vaccine misinformation head-on or risk losing children to infectious disease.

Independent primary care is struggling under a payment system stacked against it

Quality, revenue, utilization, documentation and savings are not all the same thing

AI should reduce clerical work while increasing supervised reasoning, feedback and clinical judgment for developing physicians.

How contemplation can restore a sense of purpose in doctors and other clinicians

Here are five strategies for independent practices to keep the doors open.

A bipartisan bill would let employers pay $1,200 to cut the 372-day labor certification wait to 30 days, easing one early bottleneck for practices that hire foreign-born staff.

As technology and services advance, practice owners have more options than ever to thrive.

Retrospective data are not irrelevant, but primary care needs AI and advanced analytics to treat real-world patients in real time.

Here’s how AI hallucinations are creating a patient safety problem no one is talking about.

The clinician shortage is real, but there are other reasons why mental health referrals often go nowhere.

Medicare's proposed 2027 reimbursement rates would fall below the cost of RPM devices, risking declines in physician pay and patient health

Physicians have questions about capitation. Here's what it means for your practice.

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

Here’s where to find a free online library of quick commentary on the business of health care.

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