Small groups will still be at a disadvantage with payers after COVID.
September 18th, 2026AI in rural primary care: 6 questions physicians must answer with their nurses and APPsPreparing rural care teams for AI can strengthen care without replacing clinical judgement.Read more
September 17th, 2026The old HIPAA breach is dying out. A sneakier one is taking overLost and stolen devices used to cause half of all major health care breaches. Now the real exposure is hiding in staff phones, outdated medical equipment and unmanaged passwords.Read more
September 14th, 2026What is old is new again with childhood vaccines, unfortunatelyThe United States must address vaccine misinformation head-on or risk losing children to infectious disease.Read more
September 11th, 2026Hospital consolidation: Making primary care more integrated — and more expensiveIndependent primary care is struggling under a payment system stacked against itRead more
September 18th, 2026Dr. Oz on ACCESS: Let’s treat patients instead of just checking boxesCMS chief says outcomes-based pay can help patients while finally ending physicians' box-checking frustration.Read more
September 18th, 2026The student debt drag on physician retirement savingsWhat new EBRI research on 401(k) borrowers means for doctors still paying off med school Read more
September 18th, 2026Georgetown report calls for capping hospital prices, reforming prior authorization and curbing medical debtThe 3-part federal plan targets costs, red tape and corporate consolidation across commercial health insurance.Read more
September 18th, 2026AI leaders ask for a slowdown, and health care ignores them; Medicare's AI prior auth pilot denied 5,944 requests; 59% of health care workers plan to look for a new job — Morning Medical Update Weekly RecapThe top news stories in medicine this week.Read more