April 3rd 2025
Physicians Advocacy Institute publishes figures on five-year decline.
New position paper analyzes rural disparities and the policies, financial incentives and technology that would help.
March 31st 2025
Consolidation can create benefits, along with organizational gaps. Here’s how a strategic plan can help.
March 28th 2025
Leading medical organizations warn that workforce reductions could disrupt public health and patient care.
March 25th 2025
Finance Committee ready to send nomination to full Senate, ranking member says.
Retirement planning: Are you ready?
A survey about how physicians save money for life after medicine.
Health insurance companies hold too much sway over patient care, doctors say
Sermo Barometer poll has results about private equity influence as well.
Trump HHS nominee RFK Jr. – What do voters think?
AP-NORC survey measures approval ratings.
JAMA names editorial fellows to enhance scientific communications
10 researchers selected based on interests and knowledge of medical research.
AMGA announces new board of director members for 2025
Four physicians, executive join trade association dedicated to transformation of health care.
AAFP’s prescription for primary care success in 2025
By helping family physicians, the new Congress and administration would bolster health care across the nation.
Health care policy priorities for 2025: MGMA publishes its agenda - a slideshow
President-elect Donald Trump takes office on Jan. 20. MGMA says this is what he and Congress should focus on for health care.
Congress and health care in 2025: More regulation over tobacco and nicotine
Rep. Greg Murphy, MD (R-North Carolina), discusses reforms he hopes Congress will consider this year.
Congress and health care in 2025: Disrupting the status quo, and vaccine skepticism
Arizona invests in program to help reduce the critical shortage of primary physicians
$3.9 million grant intended to boost primary care and help rural areas in the state
Physician fertility: To be or not to be child free?
We don’t talk much about women physicians who don’t have kids, either by choice or due to fertility issues.
New Congress plays ‘dangerous game’ as Medicare cuts to physicians could hurt patient access to care
MGMA: Late 2024 legislation had some help for health care, but House, Senate need to act now.
Medical, health care and business conferences 2025 – a slideshow
Where will you go to meet fellow professionals this year?
Health care consolidation pushes up costs, but not quality
Systematic review examines effects of corporatization through mergers and acquisitions since 2000.
Consolidation can lead to work conditions that add to physician burnout
Physicians Foundation examined how doctors feel about business environment in health care.
Burnout and consolidation: We’re expecting too little of AI
The president of The Physicians Foundation discusses consolidation in health care and how it contributes to burnout.
Burnout and consolidation: A new generation of feelings about mental health for physicians
Burnout and consolidation: Making it easier to get mental health aid
Burnout and consolidation: Feelings of frustration may be moderating a bit
Burnout and consolidation: Physician burnout is not abating
Burnout and consolidation: Smaller, independent practices are gone, and so is joy of being a doctor
Burnout and consolidation: Incentives for health systems to grow
Private equity investment can help independent doctors, health care quality, AIMPA says
There are different types of PE involvement in health care, and not all are bad, says group of independent practitioners.
Burnout and consolidation: Preserving physician autonomy
Burnout and consolidation: ‘The environment physicians are practicing in has changed dramatically’
Private equity in health care: More ways to strengthen independent practice
The leader of the American Independent Medical Practice Association discusses the state of private equity investment in health care.
Burnout and consolidation: an introduction
Private equity in health care: Fix the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule
Private equity in health care: ‘Don’t regulate us out of existence’
Private equity in health care: Cost, quality and regulation