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Broken equipment, missing charts, no open slots. New PAI survey data hands administrators a punch list of what physicians say is failing.

The 11th Circuit upheld the False Claims Act's qui tam provisions, and a $541.5 million settlement shows the value of self-disclosure.

Health care economist Wayne Winegarden, Ph.D., says state bans on corporate ownership won't keep a practice independent, and that control over decision-making is what separates an MSO partnership from an acquisition.

The FY 2027 code set lands Oct. 1 with no grace period. Deleted codes, quiet demotions and new laterality rules start denials on Day 1.

Payers must turn on four prior authorization APIs by Jan. 1. Practices have no deadline, which is why most will get nothing from it.

Medicare's comment window on the 2027 fee schedule closes Sept. 14. Here is how to file one that CMS will actually read.

Neil Baum, M.D., on how Gloria Steinem and the women's movement reshaped who becomes a doctor, and the work medicine still has left to do.

Most practices have no protocol for the hour after a medical error, and Anthony Orsini, D.O., says that gap is what turns a minor mistake into a lost patient and sometimes a claim.

Medicaid work requirements hit the front desk Jan. 1, 2027. What changes at check-in, in billing and when coverage lapses mid-treatment.

Neil Baum, MD, on why hydration belongs in preventive care for older patients, and the questions that find who is at risk.

You do not need a budget line to thank the people who held the schedule together this summer. Twelve ideas for Labor Day, most of them free.

Nearly 150 medical groups want CMS to fix same-day E/M overlap code by code instead of cutting payment 50 percent.

A former MedPAC commissioner argues that whether clinicians feel like professionals or like interchangeable parts decides the quality of everything a measurement program cannot see.

One line in a payer contract just cut 40% of a Hawaii clinic's panel.

Comments on Medicare's CY 2027 pay rule close Sept. 14. These 10 proposals will cost practices the most if they are finalized as written.

Portal messages jumped 153 percent in five years while visits went up too. Eleven ways to get the inbox back under control.

The comment window closes Sept. 14, and the same rule already previews what a coding transition looks like operationally.

CMS blocked $1.6 billion in suspect lab payments, and new rates land Jan. 1. Ten checks to run on your in-office lab first.

Flat malpractice premiums are masking a severity trend running well ahead of inflation, and the cushion holding rates down is running out.

Most practices owing back wages never meant to. Here are the everyday pay habits that draw federal investigators and plaintiff lawyers.

Patients accept AI scribes when the conversation is handled right. What the evidence shows, plus a sample consent form.

Retirement planning is not an exit strategy. Here are the four ways physicians leave a practice and what determines which stay open to you.

HIPAA treats paid third-party access to patient records as marketing. Without a separate signed authorization, it can carry criminal penalties.

The rules on who can own a hospital are shaping consolidation in local markets, and the evidence behind them hasn't held up.

Texas SB 1318 applies to noncompetes entered or renewed after Sept. 1, 2025. The statute never defines renewal, and that is the problem.

Florida has no corporate practice of medicine doctrine and skipped the 2026 wave of transaction-review bills. What's left is the Health Care Clinic Act, a fee-splitting statute and whatever the management agreement says.

Taya Gordon on the denials, contracts and documentation gaps quietly draining practice revenue, and how to find them before they grow.

Recent changes to medical laws in the Land of Lincoln.