Austin Littrell

As more physicians weigh a move to concierge or hybrid practices, health care attorney Ericka Adler, J.D., breaks down the contract and Medicare traps that can turn a panel-shrinking strategy into a legal problem.

New YouGov data ranks what patients consider before accepting care, and several of the top factors run straight through your front office.

PYA's Tynan Kugler breaks down the four forces pulling physician pay in competing directions, and why getting the underlying compensation model wrong can be expensive and legally complicated to undo.

For the first time in years, physician pay and productivity have split, and a new Medicare efficiency adjustment is about to make 2026 a hard year to benchmark, schedule and recruit.

Two new federal programs are opening Medicare and Medicaid coverage for GLP-1 obesity drugs, and Tracy Zvenyach, Ph.D., M.S., RN, of the Obesity Action Coalition explains what it means for primary care physicians and their patients.

Clinical applications are climbing while hires lag behind, and Trent Cotton of ICIMS says the practices that win top talent are the ones that make hiring fast, personal and transparent.

A new federal rule makes it far cheaper for practices to challenge denied and reduced payments, but Anders Gilberg of MGMA says the harder problem is getting insurers to pay up after physicians win.

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.