Richard Payerchin is editor of Medical Economics.
Employers use various tactics to find and keep health care staff
AMGA survey lists responses to a job market that remains a challenge in 2023.
HHS-OIG touts investigations of fraud, but says resources are limited
Semiannual report to Congress highlights last six months of enforcement actions involving physicians and millions of dollars.
Five months into 2023, staffing remains a challenge for health care
Some staffing problems stabilize with financial incentives, and technology helps, but AMGA report shows predictions for this year hold true.
National unemployment rate inches up as health care adds jobs in May
Other sectors grow as president, GOP debate U.S. economic strength.
Unequal treatment: States with the greatest costs
Health care expenses, lost productivity, premature deaths are adding up to billions in costs for the nation, a new study says.
Patients want physicians to answer quickly when calling at ‘the digital front door’
Survey examines yearly evolution of patient, doctor feelings on access to care.
Primary care physicians among doctors in federal investigations
Feds announce cases – including $43.41 million in bogus billing by surgeon – as regulators hunt for waste, fraud, and abuse.
Top 15 cities with the worst mental health conditions
If you practice around these towns, your patients may have more needs than other parts of the country.
Private equity: What primary care docs need to know
Patient care is paramount.
Health care inequities are costing billions across the United States
Medical care, lost productivity, premature deaths take a huge toll on patients, families, and the economy, according to researchers.
Private equity: COVID-19 funding and fraud
Examining where the money went.
Private equity: Studies in quality
Do investors sacrifice patient care for profits?
People skip their doctor appointments when inflation drives up prices
Medical cost data is part of Fed report on national economic well-being.
Private equity: What do investors look for?
Potential for growth is a key factor.
Prescription drug prices, PBMs become targets for more federal leaders
White House announces Medicaid drug cost audits while House committee examines pricing process.
Primary care physicians are not addressing obesity with patients, researchers say
New tool aims to become sustainable program for treating obesity as a disease state, not just other associated conditions.
Private equity: Spell out details for investors, physicians
Who controls oversight and compliance?
Social media is harming mental health of nation’s youth, surgeon general says
Family physicians endorse new advisory on teens’ constant use of tech and effects their brains, attitudes, and time with family and friends.
High insulin costs lead to rationing for patients with diabetes
Recent developments drive price breaks for necessary substance.
2022 health insurance coverage by the numbers
CDC publishes latest figures on private and public coverage from 2019 to last year.
Assistant physicians could relieve shortage of health care around nation, supporters say
Medical students, foreign-trained doctors who don’t match into residencies could be licensed to treat patients while gaining skills.
The COVID-19 public health emergency is over. Should health care workers keep wearing face masks with patients?
Physicians debate merits of face covers as virus becomes endemic in the population.
Private equity: Trends with the federal False Claims Act
Whistleblowers can speak out about fraud.
In Senate, Sanders leads new call for Medicare for All
Lawmakers introduce bills to ‘guarantee health care as a fundamental human right to all people in the U.S.’
Rural Healthy People 2030 sets health priorities for the next decade
Economic stability included for first time in 10-year survey.
When drug prices are too high, older patients don’t take their medicines. How can physicians help?
Study on prescriptions suggests how doctors, patients, real-time price tools, and pharmacists can work together.
Private equity: Be aware of state regulations
Federal regulations are not the only rules.
PBMs tout robust competition in market as FTC orders more documents for review
Government trade watchdogs continue scrutiny of drug prices.
Private equity: Getting into health care
Private equity investment firms come in all shapes and sizes.
Private equity: Physicians become investments
It can be a good relationship sometimes.