Business of Medicine
From the Journals
Race drives disparities in life expectancy across states
Overall differences between life expectancies have decreased at the state level.
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Cardiologists concerned for patient safety after abortion ruling
Clinicians in many U.S. states are in uncharted territory with the country’s new patchwork of abortion legality, but some specialties may feel the...
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Roe v. Wade: Medical groups react to Supreme Court decision
“The grievous inequities that exist in this country will grow and expand unchecked without safe access to legal abortion.”
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‘Can I survive without payments from insurers?’
“A client recently told me that if he couldn’t open a concierge practice, he might have to quit medicine. And he’s only 51.”
Opinion
“How long, how long to sing this song?”
I thought about my patient’s suffering and the brutal injustice of fate. It feels like it’s everywhere lately.
From the Journals
Heart failure: Medicare cost sharing may put quadruple therapy out of reach
Patients’ out-of-pocket costs are highest for the most effective medications.
Opinion
Employment and buyout agreements
These are not negotiations to undertake on your own. Enlist the aid of a consultant or attorney (or both) with ample medical practice experience...
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‘My malpractice insurance doubled!’ Why, when fewer patients are suing?
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Substance use the main cause of physician license actions
“What appears to account for the difference is physician distress, and in the case of drug abuse, plentiful access.”
Conference Coverage
Antidiabetes drug costs keep patients away
Patients with diabetes and high med co-pays had worse fill rates, but even with low copays uptake of effective but expensive antidiabetes drugs...
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Surgeons, who see it up close, offer ways to stop gun violence
A committee of the American College of Surgeons developed specific recommendations in 2018, which are still valid today.