Austin Littrell

The highest offer is rarely the best deal. If you're waiting until you're ready to sell, you've waited too long.

Nearly 40% of Gen Z patients don't have a primary care physician, and Andrea Giamalva, M.D., FAAFP, says urgent care is quietly stepping in to fill the gap.

MGMA's government affairs team on what’s already changed in 2026 and what’s still to come.

John Cianca, M.D., FAAPMR, left institutional medicine 22 years ago to build a cash-only solo practice. He says the care he delivers is better for it.

In an MGMA Summit digital conference session, a veteran administrator laid out the five trends set to reshape practice operations over the next five years.

Why medical groups miss budget for reasons that have nothing to do with money, and how finance professionals become strategic advisers.

Two Physicians Foundation experts on why where a patient lives may shape health more than the care received and what physicians can do about it.

Revenue cycle leaders at the 2026 MGMA Summit laid out the digital patient billing playbook and the order of operations administrators should follow.

Panacea Financial's 2026 survey found that physician financial confidence barely budges across an entire career. The reasons go deeper than income.

Carlos Cardenas, M.D., explains why a CMS request for information may be the biggest opening for physician-owned hospitals since the ACA.

Pediatric neurosurgeon Leon Moores, M.D., makes the case that every physician is already a leader and shares how to guide teams through uncertainty.

Prosper Beyond VBC's Doral Jacobson on why most practices lose negotiations before they even get in the room, and what to do differently.

As House lawmakers take up MACRA, MGMA backs three bills to tie payments to inflation, raise budget neutrality and replace MIPS scoring.

Operational levers that practice administrators can pull to give clinicians their evenings back

Lumeris CMO David Carmouche, M.D., says AI's biggest opportunity in primary care is giving physicians back the time to actually practice medicine.

Skillsoft's Asha Palmer, J.D., explains why banning AI doesn't stop staff from using it and what practical governance looks like for small practices.

A new AMA survey scores the country's largest commercial insurers on the prior authorization burden they impose on physician practices.

GeoVax CEO David Dodd says the U.S. vaccine system isn't broken, but it badly needs better communication, clearer processes and more listening.

As high-deductible plans shift more costs to patients, practices need stronger front-desk collection workflows before balances become write-offs.

Erica Rowe Urquhart, M.D., Ph.D., MBA, joins Melissa Lucarelli, M.D., FAAFP, for a candid talk about what's working against physicians and patients.

Veradigm’s survey of 360 practice leaders finds operational and financial strain, not clinical concerns, are the top threats to independence.

AI scribes get the headlines, but the highest-yield documentation fixes are workflow changes practices can make without a new vendor contract.

Reps. Miller-Meeks, M.D., and Conaway Jr., M.D., introduce legislation to reform the Medicare Physician Payment System.

Auto-renewal clauses, stale fee schedules and unread terms quietly erode revenue; these eight questions surface what to fix before renewal.

A long-awaited HIPAA Security Rule update could arrive this month, and medical practices should start preparing now.

Arrow founder and CEO Roshan Patel explains why health care payment processing is a mess, and what practices can actually do about it.

Four experts unpack a landmark report showing investment in primary care is the most powerful cost-reduction strategy the U.S. isn't using.

Kem Tolliver breaks down how to build a strategic revenue cycle work plan, control payer friction and stop hidden leaks draining cash flow.

Robert Wachter, M.D., chair of the Department of Medicine at UCSF, takes us inside the AI scribe era.

MGMA's Anders Gilberg joins the show to break down the group's new regulatory burden report.