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Why some health plans will emerge stronger while others face retrenchment

As more payors adopt automatic E/M downcoding policies, practices that skip payment validation risk leaving significant revenue on the table.

Emergency department self-pay visits rose from 5.5% to 7.6% of encounters, the steepest of four care settings tracked, while Medicaid's share declined across the board, according to Epic Research

Digital mental health tools can widen access to care, but they also create clinical and administrative work — enrollment, data review, escalation, documentation — that rarely gets budgeted for before launch.

Survey shows that physician pay growth is slowing, but some specialties fare better than others.

An Annenberg Public Policy Center survey of 1,904 adults found 87% are confident in their own doctor, nurse or other primary care physician, compared with 59% to 61% for the three federal health agencies.

There a six recurring errors that leave independent practices financing equipment on terms mismatched to how they actually get paid.

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Side work — from telemedicine to expert witness testimony — can supplement income, ease burnout and build a second retirement plan for employed physicians.

AAFP issued its fall COVID-19, flu and RSV recommendations Wednesday, saying it coordinated with three other societies, while the coverage rules, counseling pay and registry logic behind them have not caught up.