Preventive antimicrobials: A promising solution to antibiotic resistance
Prevention beats treatment for everyone — patients, payers and investors.
An unclear partnership: The key research findings about physician-APP collaboration
What the latest research says about physician and APP collaboration
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.
VA terminates more than 1,000 employees
Most dismissed employees are non-union employees with less than a year in their position
5 steps to implement AI in your practice
With AI's health care boom, many physicians seek guidance on meaningful integration.
Tips for a heart-healthy Valentine's Day; a blood test that could improve heart attack prevention; just 17% of cardiologists are women – Morning Medical Update
The top news stories in medicine today.
RFK Jr.’s Make America Healthy Again movement, explained
What will the plans of RFK Jr., Trump’s new secretary of health and human services, mean to physicians and patients?
RFK Jr. confirmed as HHS Secretary
The Senate voted 52-48 in favor of Kennedy — Sen. Mitch McConnell the lone Republican to oppose Kennedy’s nomination.
An unclear partnership: Collaboration between physicians and APPs in primary care
What is the role of the advanced practice provider compared to a physician in primary care?
Leading physician groups call for the protection of Medicaid
Several leading physician groups issued a statement in support of the Medicaid program amid proposals to implement budget cuts, structural changes.
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.
AI-powered diabetic retinopathy screening shows promising results
Autonomous solution doesn’t require dilation in vast majority of cases
Remote patient monitoring: Updates on advanced primary care management for 2025
Industry analyst outlines how Medicare made a noteworthy inclusion in its 2025 rule.
Helping patients avoid obesity medicine scams
With high demand but high prices for antiobesity drugs, patients may fall for phony pharmaceuticals.
Ozempic for alcohol use disorder; NIH clinical trial for dengue treatment; $24 million Medicare fraud scheme – Morning Medical Update
Medical Economics Pulse, Feb. 12, 2025: Trump and Musk workforce cuts, employees' chronic conditions, leaving independent practice
Medical Economics Pulse is a quick-hitting news podcast that keeps busy physicians in the know. Here's your headlines for February 12, 2025.
Senate advances RFK Jr.’s HHS Secretary nomination
The Senate voted along party lines to advance the nomination of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for health secretary to the floor for a final vote, likely Thursday.
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.
Trump wants RFK Jr. to Make America Healthy Again. This is what they need to know about ultraprocessed foods
A study of the medical economics of ultraprocessed foods, diabetes and pharmaceutical revenues.
UVA to test AI-powered insulin delivery to improve diabetes care
UVA researchers test AI technology to enhance automated insulin delivery and improve blood sugar control for patients with T1D.
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.
January inflation rises more than anticipated
Rise means Fed unlikely to cut rates anytime soon
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
Less older Americans have disabilities; infection-related hospitalizations linked to heart failure; illegal opioid distribution and $5.4 million fraud scheme – Morning Medical Update
Trump, Musk plan 'large-scale' reduction of federal workforce: What will happen to health agencies?
It remains unclear how Trump's executive order on workforce reductions will impact federal health agencies.
