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Managing Your Practice
How to handle negative online reviews
It happens to all of us: You log onto the Internet one day and discover a scathing review from a disgruntled patient or family member.
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Cost gap widens between brand-name, generic drugs
Generics represent almost 90% of prescriptions filled in the United States but less than 25% of spending.
Latest News
Proportion of women speaking at medical conferences rises over decade
Though the proportion of female speakers at medical conferences has increased during the last decade, women continue to be underrepresented.
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As Sanders officially revives Medicare-for-all, Plan B for Democrats gains traction
“Medicare for America” offers a more incremental approach.
Tech Talk
New Diagnostic Procedure Codes and Reimbursement
The 2019 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule includes changes and additions to the billing codes for biopsies and telemedicine services. This article...
Conference Coverage
MedPAC to begin work on Part D redesign
WASHINGTON – Commission members gravitated toward a policy option that would restructure the catastrophic benefit under the Medicare Part D...
Conference Coverage
ONC’s Dr. Rucker: Era of provider-controlled data is over
WASHINGTON – Interoperability going forward means putting the power in the hands of the patients, according to the government’s top health data...
Conference Coverage
How to cope with patients who get under your skin
DENVER – If problems persist despite your best efforts, sometimes your best option is to dismiss difficult patients from your practice.
From the Journals
Malpractice: More lawsuits does not equal more relocations
Physicians who have been sued multiple times are no more likely to relocate geographically than doctors who have never faced a claim, a new...
Cold Iron Truth
Town and gown – the virtuous circle
There should be a virtuous circle between dermatologists in their community and their academic medical center.