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.
Independent physicians ‘are a viable alternative to hospitals' for patient outcomes, lower health care costs, study says
Primary care is included among specialties in a new examination of a large practice around Chicago.
Physicians keep working more hours, but reimbursement does not keep up with productivity
Kaufman Hall reports indicate trends among doctors, support staff, and hospitals.
Painful prognosis: Physicians fear Trump, RFK Jr. will push U.S. health care from bad to worse
Exclusive results of a survey of Medical Economics’ physician audience.
New Medicare model will increase prior authorizations, not decrease them, House Democrats say
America’s Physician Groups also sound alarm on possible changes to USPSTF.
New concepts for nutrition, science and lifestyle in medical education
The leader of a lifestyle medicine program discusses the importance of nutrition and dietary training for physicians.
Nutrition in medical education: How to approach patients with dietary advice
Nutrition in medical education: Health effects, scientific evidence — and the best diet
PBMs concentrate market share across the nation: AMA
Study examines potential harm to market competition by pharmacy benefit managers and health insurers.
Nutrition in medical education: ‘Let food be thy medicine, and medicine be thy food’
Nutrition in medical education: Using both lifestyle medicine and conventional medicine to benefit patients
Nutrition in medical education: Lifestyle medicine vs. conventional medicine
Nutrition in medical education: Classroom, clinic and community
Immigration and the physician shortage: Physicians can help drive immigration reform
Former HHS Secretary Tom Price, M.D., urges doctors and practices to communicate the need for policy change.
Nutrition in medical education: Beginnings within a medical school
'Medicare Done Right,' explained: A conversation with Susan Dentzer, president and CEO of America's Physician Groups
Susan Dentzer, president and CEO of America's Physician Groups, sat down with Medical Economics to discuss APG's latest report on Medicare reform, "Medicare Done Right."
‘Our patients need our care’ — AOA names first psychiatrist as association president
Robert G.G. Piccinini maintains practice in Michigan and has been involved in physician leadership roles.
Patient prices go up as hospitals take over physician practices, reduce competition
Study becomes the latest to confirm earlier research and suspicions about potential bad effects of consolidation in health care.
2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule has some good, some room to improve, doctor groups say
AAFP, ACP respond with optimism and some critiques in the 2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule.
2026 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule: What doctors need to know now
Key regulatory changes that could affect physician pay next year.
Where health insurance payers control primary care
New study examines market share concentration and finds UnitedHealth Group’s Optum is increasing its ownership in primary care.
RFK Jr. cancels preventive care panel meeting, prompting backlash over preventive care oversight
The abrupt postponement of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force meeting fuels fears of political interference and upheaval in evidence-based medical guidance.
FDA leader touts achievements of first 100 days; NIH will cap publishing fees while disseminating research results
FDA also publishes review letters in new drug approval process.
Optum, other health insurers are gaining more and more control of primary care across the country: study
The number of primary care physicians employed by health insurance payers grew from 2016 to 2023, researchers say.
Top health systems pledge $100M to fight staffing and student debt crises
Hospitals and health systems bet on early job offers and loan repayment as a new workforce strategy gains steam.
‘Existential threat to vaccination’ — Physicians, public health experts sue HHS over RFK Jr’s COVID-19 vaccine directive
ACP, pediatricians, maternal-fetal medicine experts file federal case to overturn removal of COVID-19 vaccine from immunization schedule.
One Big Beautiful Bill Act — What physicians need to know
Here’s a summary about health care regulations and changes coming in the nation’s newest spending plan supported by congressional Republicans.
Battling burnout in health care: Changes, good and bad, over the last six years
The chief medical officer of the Dr. Lorna Breen Heroes’ Foundation discusses the state of health care burnout as of mid-2025.
ACP calls for risk adjustment overhaul to improve health equity, cut red tape
A new policy paper from the American College of Physicians lays out eight recommendations to modernize risk adjustment, reduce administrative waste and better serve high-risk patients.
One Big Beautiful Bill Act — physicians warn of effects on health care
America’s Physician Groups publish 7 key reasons why the national spending plan is bad for health care.
Senate passage of Big Beautiful Bill prompts another round health care warnings
Bill goes back to House and vote is expected soon as health care organizations predict dire consequences for health care.