Business of Medicine
News
Withholding elective surgery in smokers, obese patients
Last year, the English county of Hertfordshire banned elective surgeries in smokers and obese patients until they stopped smoking or lost weight...
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Drug price increases far outpaced inflation in 2015
Average increase in the cost of “market basket” of drugs widely used by older Americans has exceeded the inflation rate every year since 2004.
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HealthCare.gov enrollment for 2018 nearly doubled in final week
Plans selected this year were down slightly from last year’s much longer open-enrollment period.
Under My Skin
Typhoid isn’t covered??!!
Dr. Rockoff finds that getting the recommended vaccines for a trip to Morocco is not so simple.
Cold Iron Truth
‘We have met the enemy and he is us’
A New York Times analysis found that independent billing by PAs or NPs accounted for more than 15% of the skin biopsies billed to Medicare in 2015...
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Medicaid’s share of state budgets continues to grow
States provided $574 billion in benefits during fiscal 2017.
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After 6 weeks, HealthCare.gov activity still ahead of last year
As the end of this year’s open enrollment nears, however, plan selections are only about half of last year’s total.
Law & Medicine
Physician-assisted suicide – an update
Has opinion among physicians and lawmakers shifted against legalizing physician-assisted suicide?
The Optimized Doctor
My choices for best books of 2017
These include a book written by a physician, with stories, supported by studies, that can help strengthen your mindfulness muscles in your...
Managing Your Practice
RSS feeds are a versatile online tool
RSS feeds are an efficient method of staying current on all the subjects on the web that interest you – medical and otherwise.
From the Journals
Dermatologists paying for errors during procedures
Improper performance of procedures resulted in the most paid liability claims from 2006 to 2015.