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Median work RVUs rose no more than 2.8% in any group, while nearly 65% of surveyed organizations plan to add physicians in the coming year.

Generic, template-style language from ambient AI tools is triggering payer scrutiny under CMS's G2211 rules.

A new national survey finds Americans still want a person — not AI — on the other end of a health care call

What if a greater number of reported safety events actually meant a hospital is safer for patients?

Why the most expensive school isn’t always the best investment, and how physician families should weigh cost, competition and outcomes.

The top news stories in medicine today.

Kidney care advocates praise new appointees; advocacy group notes the task force creates financial effects on patients.

A primary-care voucher model would pay practices upfront for predictable care and leave insurance to cover catastrophic risk, cutting administrative burden and giving physicians time back with patients.

Wendy S. Harpham, M.D., FACP, draws on decades as a patient with lymphoma to show physicians which phrases comfort patients and which cause distress without meaning to.

Despite its shady name, a backdoor Roth can be a useful financial tool for doctors — if they follow the IRS rules

The law is still catching up to rapid AI advances. Here's what doctors need to know.

How primary care can bring cancer-screening logic to cognitive health on World Alzheimer’s Day (and every day).

Anders Gilberg of MGMA explains the same-day payment proposal sitting in Medicare's 2027 fee schedule, and why practices won't know its fate until the final rule lands around Nov. 1.

CMS chief says outcomes-based pay can help patients while finally ending physicians' box-checking frustration.

What new EBRI research on 401(k) borrowers means for doctors still paying off med school

Preparing rural care teams for AI can strengthen care without replacing clinical judgement.

The 3-part federal plan targets costs, red tape and corporate consolidation across commercial health insurance.

The top news stories in medicine this week.

Revenue per patient is a common way to split practice profit. It’s also the wrong way.

RFK Jr. appoints members to fill a panel that has not met in more than a year, but is influential on primary care.

New Pew Research Center data on screen time, sleep and how rarely cutting back actually sticks.

AI can't replace docs, right?

MGMA’s 100th-anniversary conference runs Sept. 27-30 in San Antonio, and these 10 sessions put physician contracts, compensation and legal exposure on the table.

A new Physicians Foundation survey finds 36% of physicians say they or a colleague feared seeking mental health care because of questions on licensing, credentialing or insurance applications.

CMS added 190 new diagnosis codes for fiscal 2027 — here's how to tell which ones affect your practice before they take effect.

Ballard Spahr says the Hikma v. Amarin decision makes it harder for brand-name drugmakers to sue over "skinny label" generics — a shift likely to speed generic competition and lower costs for patients

Private insurance helps patients get care, but does not cover all costs, according to study by The Commonwealth Fund