Becker's Physician Leadership

On January 1, 2027, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) will launch the Ambulatory Specialty Model (ASM)—a mandatory payment model that fundamentally redefines how cardiology practices manage heart failure (HF). Unlike previous voluntary value-based programs, ASM is not…

For rural health systems, the pressures are relentless: margins erode, workforce shortages persist and access shrinks every time a service line closes. The $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program is a once-in-a-generation chance to reverse that trajectory, but funding alone…

Many prospective patients no longer rely on a single Google search or a physician referral to decide where to seek care. They compare practices across local search, maps, reviews, websites and AI-generated answers before they ever make contact. For independent…

AI is everywhere in healthcare, but telling real capability from marketing promise keeps getting harder. This webinar trades the pitch for a candid assessment of where AI is making a measurable difference in revenue cycle management today, where its limits…

Behavioral health utilization rose 62.6 percent between 2018 and 2024 and the national mental health workforce is on pace to fall nearly 100,000 full-time counselors short of demand by 2038.  Emergency departments are absorbing much of that strain: hospitals reporting…