Policy

Accountable care organizations want backup from the feds when they raise red flags about phony claims.

House Energy & Commerce representatives hear Secretary Kennedy testify about billions needed for federal health policy.

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How one state aims to become the first to embrace a universal health care system.

TEAM request for information hints at willingness to relax restrictions on doctors owning hospitals and referring to them.

The sad reality is that too many Americans are ingesting a daily cocktail of Big Pharma prescribed by multiple doctors who typically don’t talk to each other or know each other.

Elation Health’s inaugural Primary Care Pulse report finds independent primary care physicians are adopting new payment models, embracing AI and holding onto their patient relationships despite mounting financial pressure.

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Medicare Advantage accounts for three of the top five administrative burdens facing medical groups, and nearly 95% of practices say the regulatory load has grown over the past three years, according to MGMA's 2026 Regulatory Burden Report.

But not everyone agrees as HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., heads to house to explain priorities.

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Sightview Software's Holly Black explains the 2026 rule changes, why small practices still have time to act and how a few hours a month can be the difference between a bonus and a penalty.

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Access has overtaken staffing as health care's defining challenge, and physicians who don't embrace AI and team-based care risk falling behind.

An emergency medicine resident with a valid work permit was taken into custody at an airport days after a family physician was detained at a nearby Border Patrol checkpoint.

Rep. Greg Landsman (D-Ohio) explains why he wants to ban the WISeR model, and why AI should be used to fix prior authorization, not make it worse.

MedPAC opens April meeting with deliberations on data that will be part of June report to Congress.

ArentFox Schiff's Pat Naples, J.D., breaks down the legal basis behind CMS's latest antifraud push and what physician practices need to do before investigators come knocking.

What physicians need to know about a massive program that affects prices of medicines.

Doctors and patients have differing views of how easy accessing health care is

Physician communication can build trust and empower patients to make decisions based on fact, not social media claims.

After years of physician departures and "nuclear verdicts," New Mexico physicians describe how cross-specialty advocacy and patient engagement drove landmark malpractice reform.

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Insurance expert discusses trends that could affect patients, and thus a practice’s bottom line.

WalletHub's analysis of 182 cities across 41 health indicators finds the West Coast and Mountain West on top.