Why direct payment works better than fee-for-service in primary care practices

CMS' proposed cuts to physician fees focus on the operating room. For the primary care physicians managing recovery after surgery, the real gap is much larger.

A Hologic survey of 1,000 U.S. women aged 35 to 75 found that a direct recommendation from a physician was the top motivator for overdue patients, while knowledge gaps about cost, radiation and breast density persist.

Cash payments for GLP-1s are on the rise, according to pharmacists surveyed by Buzz Health.

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.

The Illinois College of Osteopathic Medicine at The Chicago School welcomed its first class of 91 students in July, with mental health built into all four years of training. Medical Economics spoke with John Lucas, D.O., and Michele Nealon, Psy.D., about whole-person care, burnout and the stigma physicians face in seeking help.

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Health care was the only one of five sectors to cut spending commitments this spring, falling 2.8% as hospitals faced rising supply costs and physicians awaited the final 2027 Medicare fee schedule, Coupa's Business Spend Index found.

It's shared savings season and the check has arrived. Now how do physicians divide it up fairly?