Patient Relations

Medical costs are hurting patients and primary care doctors. New payment models may be the solution.

Value-based care could work for safety-net providers in underserved areas by focusing on increasing access, not just reducing cost.

A new study examines health of people who sit at work compared with those on their feet. The results may make you and your patients want to get some exercise.

Move could benefit patients, which sparked praise from lawmakers, but advocate says clarity is needed on court ruling.

The medical payments space will undergo significant change. Here’s what it could mean for health care providers.

Faster prior auths are a priority for physicians and patients, so the new rules will help family doctors.

A primer on patient conditions for primary care physicians.

The top news stories in medicine today.

The top news stories in medicine today.

Researchers find assessing patients and tests can lead to diagnostic errors that cause harm.

ASAM president discusses current state of opioid crisis and how primary care could be a new avenue for physicians to connect patients to treatment.

AMGA weighs in on policy changes proposed for 2025.

Streamlining operations allows physicians to spend their time caring for patients, and for patients to feel cared for

If you practice here, your patients are getting a bargain.

Here’s the cost of getting into the exam room.

Doctors are not interchangeable with other professional clinicians, and patients, their families, and lawmakers need to know it.

Overworked primary care physicians are a stopgap in a national mental health crisis. It’s time for insurance companies to shoulder their fair share of the load.

Share these with your patients who want to improve their well-being next year.

Genetic test could counter overdose epidemic, still a ‘profound’ public health crisis.

Efforts to create special moments for others may take weeks of recovery.

The top news stories in primary care today.

Board announces 40% increase from 2022 to 2023.

Physicians, hospitals, prescription drugs at top of list for expenditures.

Three in four older adults think Medicare should cover prescription medication for weight management.

Study shows the need for greater communication with patients beyond the initial prescription