Richard Payerchin is editor of Medical Economics.
Per capita spending on health care: 13 states at the bottom
New study outlines health care spending down to the county level.
Trump and primary care: Best ways to Make America Health Again
Experts prescribe ways new administration immediately could bolster primary care.
Value-based payment models: Doctors describe the disconnect between theory and practice
Physicians are excited about the concepts of value-based payment models. So why do so many doctors stick with fee-for-service care?
Health care spending per person: 12 states where it is highest — a slideshow
Primary care ‘reaching a breaking point,’ experts say
Scorecard has bad marks for health care system that devotes rhetoric and attention — but not money — to primary care.
‘Underfunded and undervalued’ — primary care dwindles as chronic disease booms
U.S. health care system gets failing grade for supporting primary care, say Milbank Memorial Fund and the Physicians Foundation.
Aledade adds 500 new primary care practices, formalizes policy institute
Public benefit corporation announces developments for 2025.
Health care spending has wide variation, with Type 2 diabetes as top condition, according to major study
Research estimates health care spending by conditions, age, types of care, down to county level.
Medicare Drug Price Negotiations: Who really benefits?
Bargaining for widely used prescription drugs may save money for Medicare, but AAR wants seniors to see better prices at the pharmacy counter.
Helping patients avoid obesity medicine scams
With high demand but high prices for antiobesity drugs, patients may fall for phony pharmaceuticals.
Drug prices: Medicare coverage of antiobesity medications
A discussion about the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program with Adina Lasser, director of public policy and government affairs with the Alliance for Aging Research.
Modernizing health care prompts debate on paying for prevention, chronic diseases
House Ways and Means Committee considers suggestions on Making America Healthy Again.
Drug prices: Additional provisions to help beneficiaries
Drug prices: Real benefits for seniors in the Inflation Reduction Act
The obesity drug revolution
What new treatments mean for practices and patients.
Drug prices: Utilization management with insurance and patients
If cancer risks increase for younger generations, family physicians’ duty is clear
Primary care, oncology can use team approach to improve prevention and screening efforts.
Drug prices: Formulary inclusion vs. formulary placement
Drug prices: Expensive, but for whom?
Drug prices: Another way to interpret negotiations for cost
Drug prices: Introducing research and patient advocacy group AAR
Federal leaders turning their backs on doctors with Medicare reimbursement cut, medical groups say
Congress could rectify the situation in upcoming spending bill or with pending legislation.
Trump, Musk, DOGE access at CMS needs investigation, Democratic lawmakers say
Legislators question Health and Human Services leaders about potential for wrongful disclosure of private health information.
Primary care: Fighting AMR on the front line of medicine
Other clinicians and patients all have a place in slowing the spread of antimicrobial resistance.
An ounce of prevention: How primary care physicians can help patients avoid cancer
Screenings are also crucial, but prior authorization requirements create a barrier to care.
Trump administration health priorities: A survey asks Americans for top issues
Gallup, Emory University post findings about highest priorities for government leaders right now.
Health care a leading sector for adding jobs in January 2025 unemployment report
Agency logs national data for transition month between Biden and Trump administrations.
Cancer screenings and prevention: How primary care physicians are saving lives
A family medicine specialist who works with cancer survivorship explains a study that shows how vital screenings are for patients.
AMR: On diagnosing illness, pharmaceutical companies, and global effects
An expert on antimicrobial resistance discusses how it involves patients in local doctors’ offices and around the world.
DOGE turns focus to CMS spending, contracts, news report says
WSJ: Department of Government Efficiency examines payment and contracting systems.