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Peterson Health Technology Institute's Caroline Pearson explains why payment models — not the technology itself — will decide whether AI lowers costs for physicians and patients.

Here are five strategies for independent practices to keep the doors open.

Considering that a family physician's office is often the first—and sometimes only—place where patients discuss mental health concerns, adding such services within a primary care setting makes sense for both the practice and the communities it serves.

Five sources account for much of the information ChatGPT uses to describe a physician, and practices can audit all five and act on most of them without hiring a specialized AI-visibility vendor.

Two-thirds of physicians expect AI fluency to boost their earnings, according to Doximity's 2026 physician compensation report. Liability, reimbursement and a contested new JAMA paper all sit between that expectation and a bigger paycheck.

An analysis of 3.6 million patient portal messages found that greetings, length and punctuation helped determine who got a reply from their own physician.

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Retrospective data are not irrelevant, but primary care needs AI and advanced analytics to treat real-world patients in real time.

Here’s how AI hallucinations are creating a patient safety problem no one is talking about.

When ChatGPT names an independent practice, the words describing it usually come from sources the practice doesn’t control.

AI in medicine is supposed to be a tool used by doctors. What happens when it becomes the doctor?

A physician forecasts the effects of artificial intelligence as Medicare sets new rules starting next year.

Three in four patients now refuse to book with a provider rated below 4 stars

Organizations that recognize similarities to EHR and other previous transformations may be better positioned to move beyond experimentation and achieve value from their AI investments.

What clinicians should ask before trusting artificial intelligence with medication decisions

CMS is right to go after wasteful spending, but should use AI technology for accountability, not more prior authorizations

New Aflac survey data land as ChatGPT Health, Claude for Healthcare and Amazon's Health AI reach consumers at scale.

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Physicians drive savings, but AI could reward the intermediaries controlling ACOs.

2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule at heart of Primary Care Collaborative discussion

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Physicians have been quick to adopt AI scribes. Here’s how to integrate them the right way.

A new global survey finds up to a third of patients never start prescribed treatment, and the gaps aren't about access — they're about a healthcare model still designed around the doctor's office as the front door.

Why value-based care requires AI that tells clinicians not just who is at risk, but which interventions are most likely to change outcomes.

A framework published in npj Digital Medicine ranks patient care and staff experience alongside price, and says a health system that cannot score a tool across all five domains may not be ready to buy it.