Meeting the challenge of the underinsured

Patients who received weekly plant-based grocery packages from a primary care clinic's food pantry for an average of 2.7 years saw dose-dependent drops in diastolic blood pressure, weight and BMI, but no significant change in hemoglobin A1c, a Mass General Brigham study found.

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?

EBRI data show employer plans pay hospital outpatient departments about twice what physician offices receive for the same physician-administered drugs, and the commercial market has barely begun to address the gap.

Why physicians owe tax on their share of practice profit rather than the cash they take out, and how entity type, footnotes and late K-1s can change the final bill.

Report: Osteopathic profession leads youth movement as workforce grows across U.S. health care.

From a same-day payment cut to AI-run prior authorization in traditional Medicare, MGMA's government affairs team laid out what Washington has in store for physicians next year.

A joint lifetime income annuity and a fixed indexed annuity with an income rider both guarantee income for a surviving spouse, but they differ sharply on flexibility, cost and cash value