February 14th 2025
Prevention beats treatment for everyone — patients, payers and investors.
February 13th 2025
Industry analyst outlines how Medicare made a noteworthy inclusion in its 2025 rule.
February 12th 2025
A study of the medical economics of ultraprocessed foods, diabetes and pharmaceutical revenues.
February 10th 2025
New York’s licensure rules can complicate cross-state medical practice with potential widespread professional repercussions.
February 7th 2025
Doctors handle their patients with care, and they need to do the same with data.
Lawmakers make it difficult for physicians to practice medicine
Why won’t they make physicians’ jobs easier?
Q&A: Former Ginsburg clerk discusses her healthcare legacy
As the nation mourns the loss of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, what will be her healthcare legacy?
Battling COVID-19 with ‘digital vaccines’
An explainer on digital therapeutics and their relevance to ending the pandemic.
Will telemedicine create perfect competition?
Will telemedicine upend the economics of health care?
Health Education Week 2020: Opportunities and Advancements in Obesity Medicine
The week is an opportunity for physicians to empower themselves to meet the challenges of treating obesity
COVID-19 Shines Light on How Healthcare Is Leaving At-risk Populations Behind
While we take stock of successes and failures, we are once again reminded that the US healthcare system isn’t built for everyone.
The ethics of reopening amidst COVID-19
We have seen enormous tension across the country when it comes to two important goals: protecting population health, and protecting economic health.
Baseball season’s looming strikeout shows importance of following COVID-19 safety guidelines
It’s likely that this baseball season will end up more off-course than Dr. Fauci’s Opening Day first pitch.
Is telehealth reimbursement here to stay?
Value-based contracts may play an integral role in telehealth’s future.
Will lack of reimbursement end the rise of telemedicine?
Will telehealth’s proven success through the pandemic be enough to engrain it into the system?
What will happen to telehealth post-COVID?
Patient demand will play a huge role in determining how common the technology becomes.
Is the explosion of telehealth good for both providers and patients?
Continuity of health is a major benefit that helps maintain the doctor-patient relationship.
The long-term benefits of investing in short-term relationships
Kurt Stange, MD, says that establishing even brief relationships with patients has a “pay it forward” effect that will benefit patients, and health care generally, in the future.
It’s not too soon to learn lessons from COVID-19 pandemic
Here are four critical communications strategies to help deal more effectively with the next crisis.
July is the time to show support for our newest colleagues
You're not the only one who's feeling a bit stressed.
Why long-term relationships with patients have become less common
Kurt Stange, MD, says patients changing health insurance when they change jobs, along with physician mobility and changes in technology have combined to make long-term relationships less frequent.
5 Care Transition Takeaways From COVID-19
The coronavirus pandemic has also revealed valuable lessons to help us navigate these turbulent times.
Is there anything an individual doctor can do to make sure his or her practice survives post-COVID?
Being adaptable to technology and planning is key.
What effect is all the delayed care by patients due to the pandemic going to have on primary care physicians?
The ultimate effects won’t be known for some time, but a team-based environment will help everyone in the end.
Four new statistics that prove that telemedicine isn’t just a pandemic fad
Why telemedicine will largely dictate the future of healthcare.
What COVID-19 reveals about physician moral injury
COVID-19 hit a healthcare system — and physicians — already in crisis
What’s wrong with how we pay for primary care today?
Misaligned incentives are leading to high costs and poor outcomes.
Why we need to rethink treating obesity with physical activity
We need to re-examine the role of physical activity in obesity management. Here’s why.
How to overcome blind spots to better help patients
After speaking with multiple physician experts, I now have the tools to begin to identify and overcome my own implicit biases—and so can you.
Ethical principles in health care prove critical to protecting health care workers in pandemic
Many health care workers have seen their practice disrupted and their patients suffer fallout during the pandemic. These heroes need protection.
Why changing to concierge medicine during COVID-19 was the best decision I ever made
Far from being risky or ill-timed, my transition to concierge medicine has benefited both me and my patients in ways that continue to beautifully unfold.
Physicians, not payers, call the telemedicine shots
Health plans may limit patients’ in-network options
COVID-19 could be health care’s cure
AHA vs Azar lawsuit and next stimulus bill offer Americans 2 shots at winning transparency war
Who profits from our medical records?
And who should?
Why we need a ‘one-to-many’ telehealth model of care
Telehealth is here to stay. To make it sustainable and scalable, we must utilize remote technologies that enable a “one-to-many” model of care.