Todd Shryock

Overall health spending grows more slowly than GDP

Study shows a marked improvement when medical abbreviations and acronyms are spelled out instead

Many patients worry about privacy and accuracy

Lower household income and requiring multiple medications play large roles

Public health emergency set to expire in July without extension

Latest numbers show prices rose at a slightly slower pace in April.

Rising expenses, lower volume, and lower revenue drive profit margins lower

Talks of new normal fail to incorporate lessons from two years of COVID

Doctors rapidly rolled out telehealth options in the early days of COVID-19

Most physicians report the mistreatment mostly from patients and visitors

Study shows that 10% of minorities refused COVID vaccines because of past racial discrimination experiences

Study shows evidence that volume and revenue may be rebounding

About 16% of primary care physicians listed did not file any Medicaid claims

Office of the Inspector General found that some Medicare Advantage organizations were delaying or denying care that should have been allowed.

ACP aims to provide physicians and consumers guidance into what the best digital health tools are

Study shows most consumers dissatisfied with the cost of care

Handing out antibiotics for illnesses they weren’t meant for is adding to the distress doctors feel

COVID-19 vaccines and therapies were the main drivers

Funds will aid HRSA Health Center Program-supported centers to identify and reduce health disparities

New rules for attachments, benefits verification, and infrastructure aim to improve communication

Coordination and access to primary care within a network proves vital.

Pandemic greatly accelerated consolidation, threatening the independent practice of medicine

Here are the top six ways to eliminate busywork in your practice.

Researchers just now starting to get an idea of who is more likely to suffer from long COVID

New government rule aims to address some of the cost disparity

New York becomes 25th state to grant nurse practitioners full practice authority

Nonprofit hospitals are supposed to give back to the community to justify their tax breaks

Health aides and assistants also have high turnover rates

Only 12 transactions were announced in Q1, the lowest recorded since tracking began in 2016

Communication, staff error, and illness are all reasons a reporting extension might be granted