Policy

Medical school enrollment has grown significantly over the past two decades, yet residency capacity has not kept pace, due in large part to longstanding caps on Medicare-supported GME positions. The result is a bottleneck that limits how many physicians can enter practice each year and where they end up practicing.

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Atlanta internist and former ACP president Sandra A. Fryhofer, M.D. elected president-elect

Because ‘corporate intrusion threatens patient-centered care’ as national concerns grow about private equity ownership.

HHS announces pledges from medical schools, accrediting boards to teach more about health effects of diet.

A veteran practice administrator at the MGMA Summit digital conference laid out the disruptions ahead — from AI phone agents to payer audits — and how physician practices can get in front of them.

Clinicians from the 19 banned countries cluster in communities that already struggle to keep physicians and nurses, a JAMA Network Open analysis finds.

Learn more about the goals, procedures and billing of the new 10-year ACCESS payment model.

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The new 10-year mix of tech, chronic condition management and primary care launches in July.

One in five privately insured adults denied coverage for doctor-recommended care, survey finds

American Hospital Association asks for collaboration to implement a new policy guide addressing major issues across U.S. health care and medicine.

Clubfoot is treatable, yet too many children still go without care. Family physicians and pediatricians have a critical role in closing this gap.

Did you know that 45% of Americans misread their drug labels?

Here's a place to start the discussion when patients ask about one of the hottest issues across medicine and health care.

A new JAMA proposal would treat primary care as a public utility, pooling the dollars payers already spend on it into a single state fund that pays practices directly, with no new spending needed to start.

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A policy expert explains what physicians need to know when patients ask about the changing prices of their medicines.

What happens to healthcare if patients can’t afford it?

AMA survey shows doctors are skeptical about the latest promises about streamlining prior authorizations.

The Commonwealth Fund examines health care across developed nations and finds dismal results for the United States.

Policies are needed now to rein in private equity investments and protect physicians and patients.

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Private equity draws a lot of negative comments from doctors, but is it actually a good thing for medicine?

Physicians Foundation president discusses CMS request for information about physician-owned hospitals.