The ABCs of malpractice insurance

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.

A fallback version would make insurers prove upcoding, notify physicians and limit downcoding to 90 days.

It’s no surprise costs are outpacing revenues. Here are three strategies to bring in more income.

MGMA's government affairs staff walked through the fee schedule, value-based care, prior authorization, Medicaid and the year-end fight in Congress.

Two observational studies presented at the European Association for the Study of Diabetes annual meeting tie a red meat–derived sugar called Neu5Gc to a 63% higher type 2 diabetes risk. They also link low ultra-processed food intake and guideline-level exercise to lower risk, even in people at high genetic risk.

Panelists at the Sept. 17 briefing said billing codes for two-way shipping and payment for patient navigators are still missing, with most insurers required to cover self-collected HPV tests starting Jan. 1, 2027.

Rachel Brace and Nicole Hart of BackPocket Talent say private practices lose strong staff when employees can't see where their jobs lead.