Objections to calling clinicians “providers” are less about the word than about whether organizations name the training each clinician earned, according to health system leaders interviewed by Becker’s…
LegacyMD is a new, majority physician-owned platform that consolidates concierge and direct primary care practices without selling control to private equity. Announced September 3, 2026, it launched by…
Hopscotch Primary Care, a tech-enabled provider serving rural communities, has raised $53 million in Series D funding led by 8VC and Townhall Ventures to expand beyond its Western…
Health systems are deploying AI faster than they can govern it: more than 90% now use third-party AI tools, yet only 44% have a dedicated environment to test…
Advanced practice providers (NPs, PAs, and CRNAs) have become core workforce infrastructure, not stopgap coverage: CHG Healthcare’s 2026 Advanced Practice Provider Workforce Trends Report—a national survey of 327…
Dentists’ economic confidence rose in Q2 2026 even as a persistent “fiscal squeeze” pressures practice margins: since January 2021, dental equipment, supplies, and staff wages have each climbed…
Patient-authored messages to providers have surged 153% since the COVID-19 pandemic, and a new JAMA study using Epic data finds the increase did not reduce telehealth or in-person…
New federal student loan caps took effect July 1, limiting borrowing to $50,000 per year for professional degree programs — well below what the average dental student borrows…
Physician compensation rose across every specialty in 2025 even as productivity fell, according to MGMA’s 2026 Provider Compensation and Productivity Data report, drawing on data from more than…
Six U.S. health systems—including IU Health, UnityPoint Health, and Stamford Health—moved revenue cycle functions to outside vendors in the first half of 2026, signaling that RCM outsourcing has…