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Employee benefits: Council on Medical Service reports

Download PDFs of council reports that address employee benefits unrelated to health insurance benefits, such as paid sick leave and long-term care.

Medical Service
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Health care costs & value: Council on Medical Service reports

Download PDFs of council reports that have proposed strategies to address health care costs and promote value in health care spending.

Medical Service
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Health insurance: Council on Medical Service reports

Download PDFs of council reports that have proposed strategies to address health insurer actions that interfere with the patient/physician relationship and impact the practice of medicine. Such topics include prior authorization, covered benefits, and affordability of health insurance.

Medical Service
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Hospitals & hospital-based services: Council on Medical Service reports

Download PDFs of council reports that have addressed hospital consolidation, the site-of-service differential, and sole community hospitals.

Medical Service
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Medicare & Medicaid: Council on Medical Service reports

Download PDFs of council reports that anticipate and respond to Medicare and Medicaid program changes addressing such issues as program rules that impact medical practice, physician payment and the emergence of Alternative Payment Models (APMs).

Medical Service
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12 ways to cut health care red tape and improve care

The Trump administration wants info on rules it can scrap or revise to ease physicians’ regulatory burdens. The AMA offers details on a dirty dozen.

Federal Advocacy
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Physician payment reform: Council on Medical Service reports

Download PDFs of council reports that contribute to the policy options for reforming physician payment. Key council reports on this topic have addressed APMs, Medicaid expansion, the site-of-service differential and high-value care.

Medical Service
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The physician shortage will worsen—unless Congress acts now

Congress has an opportunity to reverse the worsening physician shortage and bolster access to care for millions of people. 

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Leadership
Leadership Viewpoints
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MIPS penalties once again hit smaller practices the hardest

Nearly half of solo practices were penalized in 2025. Explore the latest stats and how to replace MIPS with a data-driven system.

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Payment & Delivery Models
Fighting for Physicians