Policy

AI in medicine is supposed to be a tool used by doctors. What happens when it becomes the doctor?

The top news stories in medicine this week.

Sage Growth Partners CEO Dan D'Orazio explains why fee-for-service incentives, disparate data and misaligned financial models — not a lack of technology — are keeping value-based care from taking hold.

The clinical data to identify mismatched coverage — and fix it before it becomes bad debt — is already sitting in your EHR.

Medicare's proposed 2027 reimbursement rates would fall below the cost of RPM devices, risking declines in physician pay and patient health

A JAMA analysis of nearly 250,000 board-certified internists puts hard numbers on how much underserved patient care rests on physicians born outside the U.S., just as visa policy tightens around them.

A new model of 5,778 physicians sorts every combination of hometown, medical school and residency into four tiers of rural practice.

The order sorts childhood immunizations into three categories, calls for separate visits and points the attorney general at state exemption laws.

Beyond the MMR split, the order presses states to adopt a narrower vaccine list and directs the attorney general to challenge exemption limits.

What happens when the CDC steps back from outbreak surveillance? We’re seeing it in real time, a doctor says

The top news stories in medicine this week.

Physicians head into this back-to-school season with more than one immunization schedule in circulation, rising exemption rates and new counseling codes that payers are covering unevenly.

As the outbreak continues, here’s what physicians need to know about diagnosing cyclosporiasis this summer

The 51-44 vote ends a yearlong vacancy atop one of the nation's top health agencies.

A physician's FAQ guide to Medicare's visit-complexity add-on code

CMS is right to go after wasteful spending, but should use AI technology for accountability, not more prior authorizations

WalletHub ranked all 50 states and the District of Columbia on 44 measures of cost, access and outcomes.

Just 49% of adults can now consistently afford needed care and medications

WalletHub ranked all 50 states and the District of Columbia on 44 measures of cost, access and outcomes.

Structural financial incentives explain why value-based care has stalled — even as new data and payer-provider strategies show where the model is already working.

Medicare is requesting information, including physician commentary, on primary care and MAHA.

The top news stories in medicine this week.

Physicians drive savings, but AI could reward the intermediaries controlling ACOs.

The 13-10 vote sends Trump's third CDC pick to the full Senate, where a confirmation vote may not come until September.

Clinics and physician practices accounted for almost 30% of health care Chapter 11 filings in the first half of 2026, the one subsector climbing while the rest trended flat or down, according to a new Gibbins Advisors report.