September 17th 2025
Uncertainty builds among physicians, patients, insurers as medical groups try to fill leadership gap on vaccines.
Physicians Foundation tallies responses about emotional health, workplace stressors.
September 16th 2025
Three physician experts propose solutions to open up access for doctors struggling with mental health concerns.
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.
Introducing MedWay: The logistics of enrolling in a management service
The California Medical Association launches MedWay, a new administrative management service for independent medical practices.
Introducing MedWay: Saving time for physicians and support staff
Introducing MedWay: Why is independent practice important to health care?
Could a doctor draft improve physician leadership, research, and U.S. health care?
A Nobel Prize-winning physician looks to Vietnam Era for lessons to boost contemporary medicine.
Medical research must change culture to support innovation, young physicians, NIH director says
Bhattacharya outlines his philosophy of research for National Academy of Medicine.
Introducing MedWay: Physicians can be healers first, business operators second
AMA President Bobby Mukkamala, M.D., takes aim at pressures facing physicians
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.
Medicine vs. misinformation: How can physicians counter misleading claims about health care?
The president of The Physicians Foundation discusses findings of a new poll about medical misinformation, disinformation and the effects on patient care.
Physicians Foundation offers insights on social drivers of health
Why there is a growing movement for doctors to address factors affecting patient health outside the physician’s office.
Misinformation vs. medicine: A personal example
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.
Misinformation vs. medicine: The surprising finding about physicians
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.
Misinformation vs. medicine: An old problem, but new levels of trust
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.
How could health care leaders reduce administrative costs? Look at lessons from other industries
Examples of successes in other sectors come to light through ‘precedents thinking.’
Misinformation vs. medicine: Introducing a new survey
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?