Practice Management

Prior authorization, step therapy and shifting coverage rules keep patients from obesity drugs with proven benefits, an endocrinologist argues — and the long-term savings make the case for broader access.

Six questions primary care physicians should ask about indoor air quality in their practices.

Milbank Memorial Fund finds uneven training standards, workforce tracking for nurse practitioners.

In 590,282 California heart attack hospitalizations, a new PCI-capable facility within a 30-minute drive lowered 30-day mortality 20% in communities without prior access but did not change survival where the procedure was already available.

MedPAC commissioners pile on Medicare’s Merit-based Incentive Payment System, a program they love to hate

The license fee is the number on the proposal. These 10 costs arrive after the contract is signed, and the biggest never shows up on an invoice.

An Oregon Health & Science University-led analysis of nearly 200,000 people found a 20% to 30% higher rate of fatty liver disease and cirrhosis among those who reported eating after dinner or after bedtime.

Urban Institute analysis finds 26% of insured adults owe medical debt, with hospitals the largest source

Recent CMS rule changes reinforce that operational discipline is increasingly shaping reimbursement

Medical Economics spoke with Monique Delgado, former CEO of Integrated Medical Services, about where salary-only pay falls short, which metrics to tie incentives to and how to change physician pay without eroding trust.

The American Medical Association recognized 92 hospitals, health systems and medical groups for system-level work to reduce burnout and support physician well-being.

A Hologic survey of 1,000 U.S. women aged 35 to 75 found that a direct recommendation from a physician was the top motivator for overdue patients, while knowledge gaps about cost, radiation and breast density persist.

From AI scribes and coding habits to the claims payers quietly cut, these are the lessons physicians can take from four days of sessions and interviews at the Medical Group Management Association's centennial meeting.

Coding scrutiny, payment gaps and a push for price caps show up across Trilliant Health's annual look at where U.S. health care is headed.

Brittney Anderson, M.D., FAAFP, explains how her family medicine practice uses 15 minutes each morning to catch care gaps, cut interruptions and get the whole team on the same page.

The practices seeing real returns from AI don't just switch it on. They choose the right technology and partner, then customize it to their workflows and patients.

MGMA's senior vice president of IT explains how independent practices can adopt AI and new technology without big budgets or IT teams.

It's not a patient problem, it's an operations problem, and large practices and health systems need to treat it that way.

Cash payments for GLP-1s are on the rise, according to pharmacists surveyed by Buzz Health.

Patients who received weekly plant-based grocery packages from a primary care clinic's food pantry for an average of 2.7 years saw dose-dependent drops in diastolic blood pressure, weight and BMI, but no significant change in hemoglobin A1c, a Mass General Brigham study found.

Medical Economics spoke with health care attorney Tatiana Melnik, J.D., about vendor contracts, patient consent and the malpractice questions physicians could face next.

How long before every doctor has an artificial intelligence stunt double?

From a same-day payment cut to AI-run prior authorization in traditional Medicare, MGMA's government affairs team laid out what Washington has in store for physicians next year.

A multinational survey of more than 1,900 patients with type 2 diabetes or obesity, presented at the EADV Congress 2026, found nail and scalp changes that weight loss alone did not appear to explain.

Before investing in more promotion, determine whether the real constraint is positioning, referrals, capacity or patient experience.