How does the prospective payment model fix current flaws and how is it different?

Experian Health's State of Claims survey finds 40% of providers have at least 10% of their claims denied, and only 30% recover most of that lost revenue.

Payer enrollment rarely lines up with a new physician’s first day. A week-by-week plan helps practices avoid a revenue gap, handle pending claims and know when the schedule can safely open.

Consolidated financials average out the gap between your best and worst offices. Here's how to measure profit by location, allocate shared overhead and decide whether to fix, expand or close an office.

After private equity firms bought for-profit hospices, Medicare paid $993 more per hospice encounter and stays ran 6.3 days longer, with no increase in visits.

New patients in big metros wait about a month to see a physician, and shortage areas, coverage losses and a proposed Medicare pay cut are adding pressure ahead of the Nov. 3 midterms.

Flu hospitalizations are arriving early this fall, and Johns Hopkins experts say a physician's recommendation remains patients' best path to vaccination, while a new mRNA flu vaccine faces a coverage question.

American Osteopathic Association leaders discuss the profession’s record growth, its training pipeline and the pressures facing practicing physicians.

Medical students can borrow up to $50,000 a year and $200,000 total in federal Direct Unsubsidized Loans. See the lifetime cap, Grad PLUS rules and exceptions.