The Physician Financial Checkup

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

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.