This Viewpoint describes the role of the False Claims Act in health care fraud prevention and discusses current constitutional challenges to qui tam civil actions made possible under the act, including potential consequences for the US health care system. from JAMA Health Forum New Online https://ift.tt/0YFMpIW

This JAMA Forum discusses the equity imperative and structural barriers in the context of the nurse-led model of care reimbursement gap, provides a business case framework, and issues a call to action. from JAMA Health Forum New Online https://ift.tt/FtMGUNp

This quasi-experimental study examines the association of a physician-facing quality metric and financial incentive for hypertension management with clinical decisions and health outcomes for patients with hypertension. from JAMA Internal Medicine Online First https://ift.tt/kezo3cB

This Viewpoint discusses how adding structured functional assessment to numeric intensity scores could improve pain evaluation for older adults, making pain assessments more actionable and patient centered. from JAMA Internal Medicine Online First https://ift.tt/F6WP4NR

This Viewpoint describes the types of financial engineering that put safety net hospitals at risk after a private acquisition and suggest ways that states can provide more robust oversight of these transactions. from JAMA Internal Medicine Online First https://ift.tt/KrG7iRy

This randomized clinical trial investigates whether the use of a rapid multiplex microbiological point-of-care test can safely reduce same-day antibiotic prescribing for children and adults presenting to primary care with respiratory infections. from JAMA Internal Medicine Online First https://ift.tt/b7C5hqd

This Viewpoint explores whether the utility artificial intelligence (AI) tools for non-native English researchers may compromise the epistemic accuracy of scientific writing. from JAMA Internal Medicine Online First https://ift.tt/TvcXpWg

This cohort study examines the association of chronic obstructive disease with life expectancy and whether this varies by severity of disease. from JAMA Internal Medicine Online First https://ift.tt/GN40Ltm

This Viewpoint outlines implementation principles intended to protect individuals with medical frailty from unintended coverage disruption because of new policy under the budget reconciliation act of 2025 (HR 1). from JAMA Health Forum New Online https://ift.tt/GbLsNM7

This JAMA Forum discusses the affordability of health insurance premiums, the affordability of out-of-pocket costs, and affordability over time. from JAMA Health Forum New Online https://ift.tt/TNLGYZS

This randomized clinical trial investigates the short-term effects of testosterone replacement therapy on sexual and physical function in men with low-grade prostate cancer and hypogonadism. from JAMA Internal Medicine Online First https://ift.tt/x5EW8qC