Richard Payerchin is editor of Medical Economics.
Use technology to make it easier for patients to schedule appointments
Tech company surveys patients who say online experience with doctors’ offices is not great.
Pay flexibility in smaller practices
Here’s why small practices may adjust pay more quickly than large health systems.
Private insurance companies spend $1.87B on social determinants of health
It’s a lot of money, but a drop in the bucket compared to profits, according to a new study.
Quick to the middle
Responding to market forces by being dynamic and flexible with staff pay.
Industry payments start rolling in when new physicians begin practicing
Greater percentages of orthopedic specialists and neurosurgeons accept payments compared to internists, study says.
VillageMD to take over Summit Health-CityMD
$8.9 billion deal will join 680 provider locations in 26 markets.
It’s a challenge to recruit and retain support staff
Market forces are affecting how physicians can find and keep staff.
Health care costs per person vary across 50 states, Washington
Income, price levels, Medicaid expansion all are factors in state-level analysis.
Iranian hackers emerge as cyberthreat to health care computer networks
‘Charming Kitten’ believed to be a front for Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, according to HHS’ cybersecurity agency.
Congress must act to avoid Medicare reimbursement cut in 2023, senators say
Payments could drop by almost 8.5%, according to AMA and other health care groups.
Physicians face prison, fines for opioid drug dealing, fraud
U.S. attorney says doctor ‘distributed drugs with a prescription pad’ in federal case.
Patient satisfaction with telemedicine about equal to in-person visits
Mayo Clinic survey examines patient experience during COVID-19 pandemic.
Primary care physicians suggest areas of improvement for preventive services
Researchers use survey to identify services physicians would most like assistance with.
From one primary care physician to another: Thank you
A small-town physician offers words of encouragement to his peers.
Physicians face possible prison, $900K in payments and penalties, for health care fraud allegations
Federal investigators detail separate cases involving criminal charges and civil claims.
How bad is inflation? Physicians, financial managers report the latest
MGMA survey quantifies rising costs, revenues, patient encounters, and more.
Patients want federal prescription for high costs in the U.S. health care system
Poll measures political barriers to price reforms and policy solutions that could help.
Physician advice part two: Why it’s so important for docs to be healthy
Self-care is needed for physicians to care for others.
Hospitals are screening for social determinants of health, but programs, community partnerships lag
Study examines hospital strategies for social needs during COVID-19 pandemic.
Physician advice part one: Finding ways to stay connected to patients
An experienced doc offers his advice for the physician-patient relationship after the COVID-19 pandemic.
ACP: Physicians must be a force for environmental health and justice
Fighting pollution and climate change are at heart of new policy paper for health care sector, government regulators.
‘Daixin Team’ cyberattackers threatening health care organizations with ransomware
HHS, FBI, CISA issue joint alert against online threat with tips to bolster computer security.
Writing about medicine and people, the good and the bad
Volume logs life as a small-town physician
RSV: What to know, what to look for, what to tell your patients
CDC, other experts are tracking increases in respiratory syncytial virus cases in infants.
Public policy and acknowledging America’s huge health care problem
The United States is a great place to be sick, but needs to grow healthy people to begin with.
High prices driving low grades from Americans burdened with health care bills
Report card on U.S. health care system has marks from slightly above average to really bad.
Novavax COVID-19 vaccine gets emergency use authorization to be booster
FDA, CDC grant approve use for adults at least six months after first two-dose series, but with no booster.
The opioid crisis has not gone away
Physicians and everyone should know substance use and addiction can hurt the ones they love.
Health care costs could edge out political party loyalty in November elections
Candidates working to lower prescription drug costs could gain supporters at the ballot box.
Small-town medicine is about relationships in the community
Watching patients and the community grow is the heart of the job.