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Physician leaders at the American Medical Association's interim meeting of its House of Delegates have called for Congress to repeal Medicare's physician payment formula, the sustainable growth rate, by the year's end.

Compared with 10 other industrialized countries, the U.S. healthcare system is far more expensive and cumbersome, according to a new survey from The Commonwealth Fund.

The White House is working to allow health insurers to bypass the glitch-ridden federal exchange site, HealthCare.gov, according to a report from The Hill.

As the physician-led, team-based model of healthcare delivery continues to spread, the question of how these teams should be reimbursed has yet to be settled. But to further the conversation, the American Medical Association recently adopted recommendations for creating payment…

The Obama administration has said 20 percent of Americans still won't complete the process of purchasing insurance through HealthCare.gov at the end of this month, according to a report from The Washington Post.

Most U.S. adults think it isn't the federal government's responsibility to ensure all Americans have health insurance, according to a recent Gallup poll.

Mark J. Spoonamore, MD, is the medical director of the USC Center for Spinal Surgery at University Hospital in Los Angeles. He also serves as chief of the spine surgery service at Los Angeles County Hospital and an assistant professor…

In a KevinMD blog post, Adam Alpers, DO, a primary care physician, discusses the ways in which new providers can grow their practice and succeed.

In an American Association of Orthopaedic Executives brief, Karen Pass, a senior compliance specialist with MedSafe: The Total Compliance Solution, discusses completing security risk analyses to ensure HIPAA compliance.

In a Physicians Practice article, Tom Giannulli, MD, MS, chief medical information officer at Kareo, discusses three technology trends that changing the face of the healthcare industry.