Registration is now open for the MHA Keystone Center Safety & Quality Symposium, scheduled for Oct. 14 at the DoubleTree by Hilton Lansing. Headlining the event are Bryan Sexton, PhD, medical associate …

The MHA is accepting nominations for the 2026 Advancing Safe Care Award, which recognizes organizations leading efforts to prevent workplace violence and improve employee safety. The award recognizes …

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) recently released the calendar year (CY) 2027 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) proposed rule. In addition to proposed updates to the physician …

The MHA recently submitted comments to the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity and the Office of Rural Prosperity regarding the proposed 2027 Rural Development Fund guidelines, …

A federal court order temporarily expanded which health profession degree programs qualify as “professional” degrees under the U.S. Department of Education’s Reimagining and Improving Student Education …

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently updated the National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) participation and user agreements. The MHA Keystone Center encourages member hospitals …

As a convener and connector, the MHA fosters partnerships and collaborative opportunities that strengthen community efforts to improve the health and well-being of all Michiganders. The Michigan Coalition Against …

The Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) convened a stakeholder workgroup in late 2024 to modernize licensing requirements for psychiatric hospitals and psychiatric units. The MHA …

The Michigan Recovery Workplace Initiative is hosting a three-part virtual Recovery Friendly Workplace Policy Workshop Mini-Series to help employers strengthen workplace policies that support employee …

The July edition of Trustee Insights, the monthly digital package from the American Hospital Association (AHA), highlights podcasts, videos, webinars and other resources on today’s most pressing issues …

Michigan hospitals know that caring for communities means going beyond clinical care to address factors that influence a person’s everyday physical, mental and long-term well-being. The Extraordinary …

Healthcare is built on connections. Every day, hospitals across Michigan provide care to patients and families, and resources to communities that improve health and well-being. Behind those …

For Physicians, the Outlook is Cloudy

“It is impossible to construct future-state scenarios for U.S. healthcare in which physicians don’t play a critical role, but the profession’s significance is at risk. It’s obsession with clinical autonomy belies mounting evidence much of what’s done is unnecessary and often income-driven. Agentic AI and sophisticated clinical analytics will re-define how clinical performance in medical care is assessed. Insurer reforms and large self-insured employers will force consumers to be accountable for the value (costs, outcomes, prices) they negotiate with their physicians. And the regulatory framework through which physicians enjoy a level of protection from market forces will loosen.

In tandem, relationships between hospital-employed physicians and their bosses will be more dicey. Hospitals face mounting pressure to justify their costs, account for tax exemptions, disclose business relationships with physicians and provide pricing information for consumers and employers. Medicaid Cuts in HR1 (Big Beautiful Bill) and declining insurance coverage increase bad debt for hospitals and physicians eroding margins for both. And regulators in DC and most states are keen to enact limits on 340B funds, site neutral payment policies, investment gains, executive compensation and hospital prices drawing on NHES data that confirm hospital finances have fully recovered from the pandemic and, for major multi-hospital operators become profitable.”

Paul Keckley, July 19, 2026

The MHA Monday Report will resume its regular weekly publication schedule in August.

A July 21 Detroit News story explored how health systems across the state are using artificial intelligence (AI) to improve diagnosis and treatment. The article highlighted the MHA’s AI Framework for Health …