August 26th, 2026A year in, Texas' noncompete law is reaching physician contracts that looked grandfatheredTexas SB 1318 applies to noncompetes entered or renewed after Sept. 1, 2025. The statute never defines renewal, and that is the problem.Read more
September 18th, 2026AMA presses CMS to hold the Jan. 1, 2027, deadline for electronic prior authorizationA delay would leave practices without the information they need to train staff and test workflows before the deadline, the AMA told CMS.Read more
September 16th, 2026Medicare physician pay reform 2027: Patients First Act and 4 other bills explainedA House hearing put the Patients First Act and four related bills in play. Here is how each would change Medicare pay and practice rules.Read more
September 10th, 20269 fixes for the practice problems driving physicians out the doorBroken equipment, missing charts, no open slots. New PAI survey data hands administrators a punch list of what physicians say is failing.Read more
September 10th, 2026The wait is over: The False Claims Act is constitutional, and why self-disclosure mattersThe 11th Circuit upheld the False Claims Act's qui tam provisions, and a $541.5 million settlement shows the value of self-disclosure.Read more
September 4th, 2026Medicaid work requirements will land on the front desk starting Jan. 1Medicaid work requirements hit the front desk Jan. 1, 2027. What changes at check-in, in billing and when coverage lapses mid-treatment.Read more
September 3rd, 202612 ways to celebrate your staff for under $200You 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.Read more
August 31st, 2026Kennedy asks what the AMA's CPT codes cost, and practices have until Sept. 14 to answerThe comment window closes Sept. 14, and the same rule already previews what a coding transition looks like operationally.Read more