Austin Littrell

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.

95% of practices say regulatory burden has grown over the past three years, according to MGMA's 2026 Regulatory Burden Report.

Rep. Greg Landsman (D-Ohio) explains why he wants to ban the WISeR model, and why AI should be used to fix prior authorization, not make it worse.

ArentFox Schiff's Pat Naples, J.D., breaks down the legal basis of CMS' antifraud push and what practices must do before investigators arrive.

Most practices land on a software tier during implementation and never revisit it. That's an expensive habit.

Aeroflow Health CEO Casey Hite explains how tariffs forced his company to innovate faster and why the rest of health care should follow suit.

Employment attorney Christopher Mayer, J.D., on AI-driven layoff decisions and the fast-changing landscape for noncompete agreements.

PYA's Shannon Sumner, CPA, CHC, breaks down what the federal government's escalating fraud enforcement push means for physician practices.

Access to care surged 14 points in two years to become the No. 1 policy issue for physicians.

John Pack of Mitsubishi HC Capital America breaks down the financial pressures squeezing independent practices and the financing options that help.

Sarah Matt, M.D., MBA, says virtual care can expand access and strengthen patient relationships if the industry stops assuming it knows patient needs.

Sightview's Holly Black, the 'MIPS Geek Guru,' breaks down what changed in MIPS for 2026 and what practices can do to protect Medicare revenue.

From ambient scribes to diagnostic decision support, artificial intelligence is reshaping how medicine gets done.

Texas 2036's Charles Miller, J.D., breaks down the consolidation, pricing failures and coverage gaps squeezing independent physicians.

Kelly Villella of Wolters Kluwer Health breaks down a new survey of physician assistants.

Robert Cain, D.O., discusses the rapid growth of osteopathic medicine and why its whole-person philosophy is more relevant than ever.

AI adoption in physician practices is accelerating. The contracts, however, often get less scrutiny than the sales pitch.

CENTEGIX's Andrea Greco joins the show to explain why workplace violence is now a balance sheet problem every practice leader needs to take seriously.

Rosemarie Aznavorian, D.N.P., RN, discusses how nurse shortages affect patient access and why more patients turn to AI for medical advice.

Stephanie O'Connor explains how practices can modernize payments, reduce fraud and protect revenue without hurting the patient experience.