Business of Medicine
From the Journals
Diabetes, ischemic heart disease, pain lead health spending
Diabetes, ischemic heart disease, and back/neck pain are the top three conditions accounting for the highest spending on personal health care.
Under My Skin
It’s working! (No it’s not! Yes it is!)
A man walks into a doctor’s office, snapping his fingers.“Why are you snapping your fingers?” asks the doctor.“To keep the elephants away,” says...
Residents’ Corner
Teledermatology in Tijuana, Mexico
The Health Frontiers in Tijuana (HFiT) clinic is a binational partnership between the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine (San...
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CMS nixes Part B drug payment demonstration
CMS has canceled a controversial demonstration project that would have tested new methods to pay for the drugs administered in medical offices.
Managing Your Practice
Should you continue to participate in Medicare?
Since writing about the new MACRA bureaucracy, and the Morton’s Choice facing private practitioners between Scylla (the Merit-based Incentive...
News from the FDA/CDC
FDA bans powdered gloves
The FDA has banned powdered gloves for use in health care settings, citing “numerous risks to patients and health care workers.”
The Optimized Doctor
Digital Doctor
There were many books I read in 2016 that I found relevant and helpful for the practice of medicine as modern physicians. Here were some of my...
Cold Iron Truth
Unshackle American medicine
The American people just elected a regulatory wrecking ball, so let’s look at some changes we can hope the Trump administration will make.
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Trump administration to focus on ACA reform, tort reform
Look for three things from the Trump administration: significant changes to the Affordable Care Act, few changes to MACRA’s Quality Payment...
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Senate sends 21st Century Cures bill to president
With little debate and less dissent, the Senate passed the 21st Century Cures bill and sent it to President Obama for his promised signature.
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Trump HHS nominee could curb regulations, reshape health insurance
Tom Price is an orthopedic surgeon who’s spent 12 years in the House of Representatives. His record demonstrates that he opposes the ACA, supports...