Many states have passed legislation that helps protect businesses from COVID-related lawsuits—do these laws help medical practices as well?

A simple break-even calculation turns a reimbursement advantage into staff minutes, showing practices when prior authorization, denials and uncollected patient balances wipe out a better rate.

Medical Economics spoke with health care attorney Tatiana Melnik, J.D., about vendor contracts, patient consent and the malpractice questions physicians could face next.

How long before every doctor has an artificial intelligence stunt double?

The American Medical Association and five specialty societies say casting AI as smarter than physicians diminishes their expertise, a day after the health secretary praised AI second opinions.

Adding a brief safety reminder cut potentially harmful clinical choices by large language models from 16.6% to 10.1% across more than 10 million responses, but researchers say it doesn't replace physician oversight.

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

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Recent CMS rule changes reinforce that operational discipline is increasingly shaping reimbursement