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 18th, 202612 new ICD-10 codes worth adding to your pick list before Oct. 1Heel pain gets laterality, BRCA gets its own code and liver fibrosis gets a middle stage. The FY 2027 additions your physicians will reach for.Read more
September 18th, 2026Competence, not chronology: The case against ageism in medicineExperience is one of medicine's most valuable resources. Neil Baum, MD, argues physicians should be judged on competence, not age.Read more
September 17th, 202610 fixes your website needs before the HHS accessibility deadlineFederal accessibility rules now cover practice websites, portals and online forms. The deadline moved, but the lawsuits and complaints didn't.Read more
September 16th, 2026CMS names 5,556 specialists who must join its new payment model Jan. 1CMS cut its final Ambulatory Specialty Model list 16 percent from February. See who is in and how much Part B pay is at risk.Read more
September 16th, 202659% of health care workers say they will look for a new job in the next year, and employers guess 39%The 2026 Healthcare Workforce Barometer measures the gap between what practice leaders think their staff want, and what staff say they want.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 15th, 2026It's called an 'AI assistant': A strategic approach to the strengths and weaknesses of AI scribesAI scribes won't do all your charting. Define their use cases, cut redundant steps and reshape workflows to see real time savings.Read more