Business of Medicine
Opinion
Who’s increasing health care costs? Not us!
Community leadership has been minimized, and where it exists, it is under constant pressure to make a profit.
News
FDA chief calls for release of all data tracking problems with medical devices
The FDA is “realizing that physicians who couldn’t see this data before were using devices that they wouldn’t have used if they had this data in...
Feature
Montana named ‘best state to practice medicine’ in 2019
New York ranks last, based on WalletHub measures.
Feature
DoJ refuses to challenge Texas ACA ruling
By not taking action, the Justice department allows a ruling to stand that effectively renders the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional.
Feature
Gender wage gap varies by specialty
Average earnings for women and men in 2018 were closest for hematology.
News from the FDA/CDC
United States now over 300 measles cases for the year
Outbreak in Brooklyn accounted for half of last week’s new cases.
Latest News
MIPS: Nearly 20% of small/solo practices took a pay cut in first year
Overall, 93% of participants got some kind of pay bump for 2017.
Feature
FDA chief calls for stricter scrutiny of electronic health records
The government spent more than $36 billion over 10 years to switch to digital records. In that time, thousands of reports of deaths, injuries, and...
Conference Coverage
MedPAC puts Part B reference pricing, binding arbitration on the table
The reference pricing policy would set a maximum payment rate for a group of drugs with similar health effects based on the minimum, median, or...
News from the FDA/CDC
Measles cases confirmed in three more states
Feature
Death by a thousand clicks
The U.S. government claimed that turning American medical charts into electronic records would make health care better, safer, and cheaper. Ten...