Business of Medicine
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Earnings gap seen among Maryland physicians
Male physicians worked 11% more hours, women earned 33% less money.
News from the FDA/CDC
Feds take baseline on EHR interoperability
Survey respondents report challenges with integrating external reports, summaries.
From the Journals
Cosmetic surgery patients want beauty ... and more
Issues of mental, emotional, and social well-being also come into play.
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5 HIPAA myths in the digital age
Health care security experts dispel five common misconceptions about HIPAA and electronic information.
Cold Iron Truth
The 2019 Medicare proposed rule might just make your head explode
When sitting through interminable meetings, endless reports, and unfocused discussions, I often feel a building pressure in my head that, if it...
The Optimized Doctor
Creating positive patient experiences
Let’s start with an exercise, shall we? What was the last vacation you went on? How would you rate that vacation on a scale of 1-10?[[{"fid":"...
Managing Your Practice
Employment practices liability insurance
All EPLI policies cover litigation against your practice and its owners by employees, but some cover only full-time workers.
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Docs push back on step therapy in Medicare Advantage
The action is part of the broader Trump administration initiative to lower the prices and out-of-pocket costs of prescription drugs.
Latest News
Doctors decry inaction on physician-focused APMs
So far, PTAC has sent at least 10 APMs to the CMS. To date, not a single one has been approved or even tested on a limited scale.
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Compounded topicals flagged on fears of Medicare fraud, risk
In total, 547 pharmacies – nearly 23% of those that submit most of the bills to Medicare for making these creams – hit one or more of five red-...
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Ranked: State of the states’ health care
Vermont’s good outcomes and low costs have the rest of the country green with envy.