Richard Payerchin

Physician groups call for action in letter to leaders as clock ticks toward end of 117th Congress.

Time is running out this year for Congress to act on many, many issues.

National unemployment rate hovers at 3.5% to 3.7% since March, according to latest government figures.

The 5% alternative payment models need extension.

When cost of living goes up, more people must choose among health care, heat, food, or other necessities.

Privacy rules to improve coordination of care, avoid discrimination in treatment.

Study finds women, Black adults show greatest benefit from healthy eating plan.

A 4.47% pay cut on the horizon?

Commonwealth Fund posts results of international survey of 10 developed countries.

CMS publishes memo to reinforce safety standards for physicians, support staff, and patients.

How much will Medicare pay to physicians?

Collaboration can add to professional fulfillment in family medicine, mental health.

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality publishes state of the industry report.

Attorneys general file petition to withdraw requirement.

Study examines per capita spending trends up to 2019.

District attorney cites California ethics code for businesses in civil case.

Could a better economy lead to more retirements?

Tell your patients to get their annual flu vaccines for best protection against illness.

Maximize licensure use at every level to avoid burnout.

‘Devastating effects’ showing up in primary care, according to latest findings by The Physicians Foundation.

Staff, productivity, revenue: An interesting correlation.

Study examines per capita spending trends up to 2019.

Political debate continues on best ways to deal with COVID-19 pandemic.

Commonwealth Fund survey of 10 nations finds primary care in global crisis.

Hospitals need to fill their nursing ranks.

Telehealth store doesn’t accept insurance yet, but Amazon Pharmacy will deliver prescriptions.

Analysts predict next two years of Congress, the president jockeying in Washington.

When office or medical staff leave for better pay.

‘We cannot continue to live this way,’ association president says a day after shooting kills three at University of Virginia.

New study analyzes where the money goes toward SDOH.