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Dolly Parton's health care legacy: Two decades of giving

97% of hospitals are locking in APP staffing for good - where does that leave physicians?

Before you pay for AI visibility for your practice, audit these five sources

If AI makes physicians faster, who gets paid for the time it saves?

Medical Guardian launches Guardian Flex, its smallest wearable medical alert device
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Vaccine schedules, stocking costs and the back-to-school visit, with AAFP President Sarah Nosal, M.D.
Three counseling codes took effect Jan. 1 for vaccine visits that end without a shot. CMS will not pay for them and neither will most private payers.

A year after the prior authorization pledge, what changed? with Colin Banas, M.D., of DrFirst
Insurers pledged six fixes to prior authorization in June 2025. A year later, only 24% of physicians say denials are getting the specialty-matched review that was promised first.

What's really keeping practices independent, with Aaron Ledbetter of Veradigm
Seventy-nine percent of independent practice leaders say technology is what keeps them independent. Only 64% trust the tools they already have. Veradigm's Aaron Ledbetter explains what sits inside that gap, and why a denied claim still takes one to two weeks to reach the physician it belongs to.

Cutting the PBM out of your patient's GLP-1, with Jay Bregman of Andel
Jay Bregman of Andel says direct-to-employer purchasing takes prior authorization out of the prescription entirely, but the price a patient gets is tied to an employer's willingness to keep paying.
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A bipartisan bill would let employers pay $1,200 to cut the 372-day labor certification wait to 30 days, easing one early bottleneck for practices that hire foreign-born staff.

As technology and services advance, practice owners have more options than ever to thrive.


An analysis of 3.6 million patient portal messages found that greetings, length and punctuation helped determine who got a reply from their own physician.

The 510(k) clearance covers software that flags signs of the underdiagnosed condition from a standard 12-lead ECG in patients 40 and older with cardiovascular symptoms.

A physician recruitment leader discusses what keeps doctors working happily in practices and health care organizations.

Sarah Nosal, MD, president of the AAFP, explains which parts of a compensation package physicians overlook, why non-competes and scope of practice need to be in writing, and why the moment before you sign is your biggest source of leverage.

A physician forecasts the effects of artificial intelligence as Medicare sets new rules in 2027.


A new UC Riverside study links dollar store food quality to higher rates of obesity, high blood pressure, increased cholesterol levels and type 2 diabetes.


















