Further reading: Discover the resources that helped inform our 2025 predictions

by Richard Scott on Jan 3, 2025

Part B News unveiled a fearless forecast of pressures, challenges and opportunities coming to meet medical practices in 2025. From behavioral health challenges to the fast-expanding use of artificial intelligence (AI) in health care, we scoped out the big-ticket items likely to make waves this year.

As an add-on to the predictions story, you can find additional reading with a slate of resources that informed our reporting. The following links are categorized by prediction topic.

Resources for behavioral health predictions:

SAMHSA, “Highlights of the 2023 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH),” www.samhsa.gov/data/sites/default/files/NSDUH%202023%20Annual%20Release/2023-nsduh-main-highlights.pdf
FAIR Health, “Trends in Mental Health Conditions An Analysis of Private Healthcare Claims,” April 29, 2024: https://s3.amazonaws.com/media2.fairhealth.org/whitepaper/asset/Trends%20in%20Mental%20Health%20Conditions%20-%20A%20FAIR%20Health%20White%20Paper.pdf
HRSA, “Behavioral Health Workforce, 2023,” December 2023: https://bhw.hrsa.gov/sites/default/files/bureau-health-workforce/Behavioral-Health-Workforce-Brief-2023.pdf

Resource for the health care fraud predictions:

U.S. DOJ, “False Claims Act Settlements and Judgments Exceed $2.68 Billion in Fiscal Year 2023,” Feb. 22, 2024: www.justice.gov/opa/pr/false-claims-act-settlements-and-judgments-exceed-268-billion-fiscal-year-2023

Resources for the HHS and CMS leadership predictions:

KFF, “How HHS, FDA, and CDC Can Influence U.S. Vaccine Policy,” Nov, 20, 2024: www.kff.org/policy-watch/how-hhs-fda-and-cdc-can-influence-u-s-vaccine-policy
Washington Post, “RFK Jr. weighs major changes to how Medicare pays physicians,” Nov. 11, 2024: www.washingtonpost.com/health/2024/11/21/rfk-physician-payments/

Resources for the private equity and ownership predictions:

“PAI-Avalere Report on Physician Employment Trends and Acquisitions of Medical Practices: 2019-2023,” April 2024: www.physiciansadvocacyinstitute.org/PAI-Research/PAI-Avalere-Study-on-Physician-Employment-Practice-Ownership-Trends-2019-2023
Francisco Partners, “Francisco Partners to Acquire AdvancedMD from Global Payments,” Oct. 30, 2024: www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241030109252/en/Francisco-Partners-to-Acquire-AdvancedMD-from-Global-Payments
Private Equity Stakeholder Project “Private equity healthcare bankruptcies show no signs of slowing,” Aug. 1, 2024: https://pestakeholder.org/news/private-equity-healthcare-bankruptcies-show-no-signs-of-slowing/

Resources for the artificial intelligence prediction:

California, “Physicians Make Decisions Act,” enacted September 28, 2024: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1120
AI and Medical Coding, CPT & RBRVS 2025 Annual Symposium, Nov. 22, 2024

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