Richard Payerchin

ATA publishes 2024 policy agenda after solid year of advocacy in 2023.

Industry analyst reviews cybersecurity for first half of the year, and the results aren’t good.

Data could identify effects of recent trends in health care.

Researchers analyze ChatGPT for summarizing medical records.

Finding may have implications as more people take care of aging relatives around the world.

Some staffing problems stabilize with financial incentives, and technology helps, but an AMGA report shows predictions for this year hold true.

HHS roadmap says some flexibilities won’t be affected, but AAFP wants assurances in policies to avoid disruptions for doctors, patients.

CMS publishes memo to reinforce safety standards for physicians, support staff, and patients.

Tell your patients to get their annual flu vaccines for best protection against illness.

Commonwealth Fund survey of 10 nations finds primary care in global crisis.

Tech company surveys patients who say online experience with doctors’ offices is not great.

Income, price levels, Medicaid expansion all are factors in state-level analysis.

‘Charming Kitten’ believed to be a front for Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, according to HHS’ cybersecurity agency.

MGMA survey quantifies rising costs, revenues, patient encounters, and more.

CDC, other experts are tracking increases in respiratory syncytial virus cases in infants.

Don’t click on links or attachments unless you’re sure they are legitimate.

International study examines intertwined effects as problem approaches global crisis.

Study examines how long it takes to see a physician across United States.

Move comes after FDA give emergency use authorization for bivalent vaccines.

Latest emergency use authorizations for Moderna, Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines.

Medicare drug prices, insulin costs affected by Inflation Reduction Act.

White House ramps up efforts to fight outbreak.

Communication gaps remain open between primary care physicians and specialists who share patients, despite potential connections through improved electronic health records (EHR).

AMA surveys patients on privacy in light of recent Supreme Court ruling on abortion.

Researchers analyze “conjunction fallacy” and find need for realistic expectations.

State regulations overruled to protect physicians’ clinical judgments.

Purchase follows FDA recommendation to include Omicron component in boosters.

Ruling comes in cases of physicians serving in prison for convictions over prescription drugs.

Entrepreneur beats prices of supply chain wholesalers, PBMs, pharmacies, and insurers.

Study estimates 12.8 million doctors worldwide, and more are needed.