September 11th 2025
AMA announces updates to ‘the backbone of health data interoperability.’
September 10th 2025
Costs change based on site of care, and physicians’ hospital affiliation or independent practice, according to new research.
A Nobel Prize-winning physician looks to Vietnam Era for lessons to boost contemporary medicine.
September 9th 2025
Bhattacharya outlines his philosophy of research for National Academy of Medicine.
September 5th 2025
Bobby Mukkamala, M.D., president of the American Medical Association, spoke on top physician struggles in this exclusive interview with Medical Economics.
Why practices and hospitals will still drown in prior authorization, even after payers pledge key reforms
Prior auth reform sounds like a boon for health care, but the devil's in the details.
Gazpacho: A simple chilled soup
Eating a nutritious meal is one step toward fighting burnout.
RFK Jr.: CDC failed during COVID-19 pandemic, so ‘bold, competent, creative, new leadership’ is needed
Senate Finance Committee holds hearing on administration’s 2026 plan for American health care.
Florida moves to end all vaccine mandates, a first in the U.S.
Florida surgeon general says school immunization rules will be scrapped; some changes would need lawmakers’ approval as pediatric leaders warn of outbreak risks. Medical groups speak out in opposition to the move.
CDC leadership changes: Health experts wonder what’s coming next
HHS Deputy Secretary O’Neill takes helm as acting director; criticism continues.
Communication, certification, support for medical students are crucial for AOA
American Osteopathic Association President Robert G.G. Piccinini, DO, D.FACN, discusses priorities for his term at the helm.
Public health experts slam leadership upheaval at CDC: RFK is ‘an irrefutable problem at the top’
American Public Health Association says ‘we’ve had enough’ as CDC director contests her firing.
The employment fight between RFK Jr. and CDC Director Monarez, explained
Less than a month in, the HHS says the CDC director is out. She says she’s not leaving until fired by the president.
RFK to medical schools: It’s time to ramp up nutrition training for physicians
‘Medical schools talk about nutrition but fail to teach it,’ per HHS, Department of Education.
On the support of others, mentorship, and leading with strength and humility
American Osteopathic Association President Robert G.G. Piccinini, DO, D.FACN, discusses his background and a quick way for physicians to be leaders.
Are doctors and patients knowledgeable enough to discern fact from fiction in modern medicine?
Findings by The Physicians Foundation point to an epidemic of medical misinformation and disinformation in the United States.
‘It's just very humbling’ — New AOA president discusses his background, vision for osteopathic physicians
Robert G.G. Piccinini, DO, D.FACN, was installed this summer to lead the American Osteopathic Association.
The state of health care policy, with Anders Gilberg, SVP of government affairs at MGMA
Anders Gilberg, SVP of government affairs at MGMA, joins the show with health policy updates from Washington.
The cost of health care administration: Centralized or standardized processes?
‘Precedents thinking’ and what other businesses have to teach health care about cutting administrative burdens.
The ripple effect: How the One Big Beautiful Bill Act threatens the future of health care
Why federal student loan changes could push future doctors away from primary care and leave millions without access to care.
The cost of health care administration: Is health care too complex for automated, standardized payment processes?
E-prescribing, prior auth management part of new federal rule on health care EHR systems
AMA praises new tech rules requiring less time on paperwork, giving physicians more time with patients.
The cost of health care administration: Lessons from the FAA as a public model
U.S. health care, patients, have a big problem with medical misinformation and disinformation: Physicians Foundation
Doctors say they can recognize and counter falsehoods, but do they really?
An unprecedented split: AAP pediatric immunization guidelines, explained
Leading pediatrics group urges protection for infants as RFK Jr. escalates feud over vaccine policy.
American Academy of Pediatrics splits with CDC, releases its own immunization schedule
The cost of health care administration: Mobile phones as a public-private partnership model
The cost of health care administration: What’s an example with applicable lessons?
The cost of health care administration: ‘This is a solvable problem’
The cost of health care administration: Finding solutions in other business sectors
The cost of health care administration: What’s the problem? Where to start?
The cost of health care administration: A physician’s frustration
Physicians Foundation seeks nominees for award, grants around social drivers of health
Nominees due in early September, so online application process is open.
The cost of health care administration: An introduction
Integration, negotiation, patient costs — What happens when hospitals integrate independent physician practices?
A study quantifies effects of less market competition across the nation as hospitals integrated doctors’ offices into their systems.