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10 numbers that show prior authorization is still broken

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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.

Most practices cut the wrong thing first, with Shawntea Gordon of Atlas & Perpetua Healthcare Consulting
Shawntea Gordon of Atlas & Perpetua Healthcare Consulting says the cost most practices cut first is usually the one that was never the problem.

Insurance was never meant to be a first-dollar payer, with Joanne Frederick
Joanne Frederick of Government Market Strategies argues the fix for runaway health care costs turned out worse than the problem it solved.
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A physician forecasts the effects of artificial intelligence as Medicare sets new rules in 2027.

When ChatGPT names an independent practice, the words describing it usually come from sources the practice doesn’t control.

The BP Go device measures blood pressure through the finger instead of a traditional arm cuff, and Wellvii says the clearance supports its push into remote patient monitoring.

AI in medicine is supposed to be a tool used by doctors. What happens when it becomes the doctor?

The extravascular eVAD System avoided vascular access in a SCAI Stage D patient in São Paulo, Brazil, ahead of a planned U.S. IDE study.


Sage Growth Partners CEO Dan D'Orazio explains why fee-for-service incentives, disparate data and misaligned financial models — not a lack of technology — are keeping value-based care from taking hold.

Supporters hope a model in northeastern Pennsylvania could be replicated in other communities.

A third straight year of survey data shows patient standards transforming into hard filters — and increasingly, it's AI doing the filtering.

The clinical data to identify mismatched coverage — and fix it before it becomes bad debt — is already sitting in your EHR.


















