CMS seeks to remove regulatory friction around how clinicians practice and move across state lines as part of its $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program. The agency explicitly incorporated ...

Rural areas are quickly losing independent physicians and medical practices amid the corporatization of healthcare, a new report finds. The report was commissioned by the Physicians Advocacy Institute ...

A core responsibility of a chamber or local economic development agency is to support the economic vitality of the communities they serve. Success requires paying attention to trends in society so ...

Immunotherapies are an important breakthrough in cancer treatment, but little is known about which practices adopt the therapy or the pace at which they do so. Rural and small cancer practices are ...

While small and rural practices will likely perform better in the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) than they have in previous programs, they will still be outpaced by larger practices.

The study showed that the corporate consolidation of medical practices and the resulting decrease in access to healthcare services in rural areas is accelerating. A new analysis has found that access ...

Andrew Fry, MD, grew up in a small rural Pennsylvania community about 40 miles southwest of Harrisburg. He completed medical school and residency in the state and, after graduating last year, is now a ...

Dr. Rebecca Brown, a doctor of osteopathic medicine (DO), returned to her hometown in rural North Carolina and opened a ...

In 2006, Bihar, one of India’s poorest and most populous states, was contending with poor infrastructure and service delivery, and a complex political and social context. Limited inclusion of women in ...