PAI: Four areas of focus

RFK Jr. appoints members to fill a panel that has not met in more than a year, but is influential on primary care.

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Four forces created the perfect storm to sink physician-owned medicine. There are policies that could help keep it afloat.

Kidney care advocates praise new appointees; advocacy group notes the task force creates financial effects on patients.

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.

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A new Physicians Foundation survey finds 36% of physicians say they or a colleague feared seeking mental health care because of questions on licensing, credentialing or insurance applications.

Ballard Spahr says the Hikma v. Amarin decision makes it harder for brand-name drugmakers to sue over "skinny label" generics — a shift likely to speed generic competition and lower costs for patients