Business of Medicine
News
What is an old doctor to do?
Voice recognition software may ease the stress of EHR duties for physicians who never trained in typing.
Daily News Podcast
MDedge Daily News: How Trump’s election affected contraception
And CMS floats the idea of Medicare direct provider contracting.
Daily News Podcast
MDedge Daily News: Female physicans face enduring wage gap
And anticholinergics’ link to dementia calls for vigilance in elderly patients.
Under My Skin
Absurdity
As the old comedian Henny Youngman might have said: Take my prior authorizations. Please!
Latest News
CMS floats Medicare direct provider contracting
A new request for information seeks input on how such a system might work.
Conference Coverage
CMS will release Medicare Advantage claims data to researchers
WASHINGTON – And the feds will make Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program data available in 2019.
Feature
Female physicians face enduring wage gap
Earnings for women in the 50 largest metro areas came up short by 27.7% last year.
Daily News Podcast
MDedge Daily News: How smartphones could battle oral cancer
And what FDA panel speakers may be hiding.
Aesthetic Dermatology
Survey sheds light on consumer preferences regarding cosmetic procedures
DALLAS - There appears to be a knowledge gap as to which cosmetic providers are actually medical doctors.
Opinion
Privacy, propaganda, and polarization
It is clear that the public’s ability to use the Internet to improve their health has been markedly compromised over the past 3 years.
Residents’ Corner
Climate Change and Skin Disease
Despite commanding essentially universal scientific consensus, climate change remains a divisive and poorly understood topic in the United States...