Compensation Is Key to Fixing Primary Care Shortage Along with the punishing workload, pay is affecting the pipeline of primary care physicians Nov 24, 2023
States Making Progress Toward Setting Payment Limits for Some Drugs Prescription drug affordability boards are now the law in eight states Nov 21, 2023
Urgent Care Must Be Reexamined ... Urgently Can't we improve primary care and emergency department visits so more patients go there instead? Nov 20, 2023
The Broken Medicare System Is Forcing Physicians Out Yet another physician pay cut will prevent timely access to care Nov 20, 2023
Senators Discuss Making Medicare's Relaxed Telehealth Rules Permanent "We have proved the concept," says Sen. Steve Daines Nov 15, 2023
IG Live November 15: Is 'Pharmageddon' Here? Pharmacist speaks on recent walkouts, calling for more resources and safer conditions Nov 14, 2023
ChatGPT Quickly Authored 100 Blogs Full of Healthcare Disinformation But Google Bard and Microsoft Bing had guardrails in place to thwart such prompting Nov 13, 2023
To Minimize Patient 'Note Bloat,' Cut to the Chase Repeating data over and over just adds noise that buries the signal Nov 13, 2023
AMA Delegates Divided on Federal Ban of the Corporate Practice of Medicine "We need to move forcefully against the barbarians at the gate," one physician said Nov 13, 2023
Risk, Value, and 'Doublethink' in Healthcare The only value in healthcare should be the value of a healthy citizenry Nov 12, 2023
Your Hospital Is Like a Modern Airport. That's Not Good AI will revolutionize how healthcare is delivered; how is yet to be determined Nov 12, 2023
Policymakers Must Balance Innovation With Patient Safety for AI in Healthcare Emerging technology presents an opportunity to right past wrongs, Senator says during hearing Nov 09, 2023
Senate Committee Advances Bill on Mental Health, PBMs, and 'Ghost Provider' Networks Measure would also lessen the cut to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule in 2024 Nov 08, 2023
Envision Healthcare Bounces Back After Bankruptcy But is the clinician staffing firm out of the woods completely? Nov 07, 2023
Want Your Patients to Be More Independent? The Answer Is Simple: More Simplicity Let's make it easier for patients to schedule flu shots and do other routine tasks Nov 06, 2023
For Health AI to Fulfill Its Potential, Regulation Is Paramount There's little value in a tool that can't be trusted Nov 04, 2023
Medicine Has Become the McDonald's of Healthcare The focus shouldn't be on quantity over quality Nov 04, 2023
Medicare Finalizes 3.4% Payment Cut for Physician Fees in 2024 Specialty groups decry "untenable" payment cuts Nov 03, 2023
From Hallucinations to Clinical Reasoning: The Evolution of AI in Medicine I believe ChatGPT will revolutionize healthcare Nov 01, 2023
How Can the U.S. Achieve Universal Coverage? With a Two-Part Plan, Expert Says Automatic basic coverage plus an optional supplement is the answer, says MIT professor Oct 27, 2023
Burnout, Poor Mental Health on the Rise for Healthcare Workers, CDC Says "To label our current and long-standing challenge a 'crisis' is an understatement" Oct 24, 2023
The 'Encounter Notes' Revolution: Can AI Help Rather Than Hurt? Considerations for verbalized and generative content in the EHR Oct 24, 2023
Forget AI: What Do You Think, Doc? Patients don't seem satisfied with responses written by artificial intelligence Oct 23, 2023
House Members Mull Bills to Cut Red Tape and Improve Docs' Medicare Pay But Democrats say they weren't given enough input in many of the measures Oct 20, 2023
Have a Story About Private Equity Ownership? The FTC Wants to Hear From You The agency wants to even the healthcare playing field, says FTC chair Lina Khan Oct 12, 2023
Are Pirates Coming for Your Medical Meeting? Scam sites pretending to be various medical and professional societies pop up every year Oct 10, 2023
Malpractice Suits Involving NPs and PAs Can Spell Trouble for Supervising Docs Too Doctors often included even if they didn't see or hear about the patient involved, study finds Oct 10, 2023
Seven C's That Can Help on Your Next ED Shift These tips can help overcome the brain's two major design flaws, says psychologist Helena Boschi Oct 09, 2023
Need to Answer a Routine Question From a Patient? AI Might Come to Your Rescue Artificial intelligence could lighten our load, if we can figure out how to use it wisely Oct 09, 2023
Should 'Site Neutrality' Be Used to Set Payments? MedPAC Members Disagree "I don't think 'site-neutral' is neutral," one commissioner says Oct 05, 2023
Who Should Report Serious Medical Errors? And to Whom? A startling study reports that many state medical boards are doing a "dangerously lax job" Oct 05, 2023 video
Treating Systemic 'Moral Injury' in Medicine On uniting providers, administrators, and patients to find solutions together Oct 04, 2023 video
California Misinfo Law Is Dead Repeal bill also strengthens consumer protections and raises doctors' license fees Oct 03, 2023
A Promising New Approach to Reducing Burnout and Workforce Depletion Change a "vicious cycle" to a "virtuous cycle," an expert suggests Oct 02, 2023
ABIM CEO Retirement Comes Amid Wave of Criticism Richard Baron, MD, plans to step down as pushback against MOC grows Oct 02, 2023
Want to Improve the Patient Experience? Let's Start With Discharge Planning. Endless paper summaries don't cut it, it's time to try something new Oct 02, 2023
First Dual MD/AI Degree; Mayo's Chief AI Officer; ChatGPT Citations Pass 1K A monthly roundup of AI innovation and research in healthcare Sep 28, 2023
States Face Challenges With Medicaid and CHIP 'Redeterminations' CMS officials flag problem with states' auto-renewal systems Sep 27, 2023
Two Large Medical Groups Shun Medicare Advantage Plans San Diego doctor groups latest to withdraw, citing low pay, prior authorization problems Sep 25, 2023
