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.

MGMA Acting CEO Akash Madiah says practices facing flat Medicare pay should find the money they've already earned and aren't collecting before they add volume.

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.

Kate Atchley, Ph.D., of the Haslam College of Business at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, explains why clinical expertise alone can't prepare physicians to lead, the five skills she sees as essential and how organizations can build leaders before they step into the role.

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.

Family physician Kenneth Qiu, M.D., lead author of a national survey of direct primary care practices, explains how physicians build a patient panel, why the model isn't concierge medicine and the Medicare billing rule that slows new practices.

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

Why physicians need to act like practice owners, even when they're employed.

Patient Prism co-founder and CEO Amol Nirgudkar explains what unanswered phones cost physicians in patients and ad spending, and where AI voice agents can help today.

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.

Moving beyond simply avoiding burnout and getting to vitality and growth needed to lead.

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.

How practice leaders can defend physicians from 'distractions to doctoring.'