Business of Medicine
From the Journals
Most practices not screening for five social needs
The majority of the overall screening activity was driven by interpersonal violence screenings.
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States pass record number of laws to reel in drug prices
Measures include authorizing imported prescription drugs, screening for excessive price increases by drug companies, and establishing oversight...
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How do social determinants of health play out in physician practice?
Documenting and coding social factors in the patient’s health care needs doesn’t necessarily change reimbursement for their care.
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Insurers to pay record number of rebates to patients
Insurers will pay $1.3 billion in medical loss ratio rebates to patients in 2019 based on collected premiums.
Managing Your Practice
Review your insurance
Malpractice insurance requirements will remain fairly static throughout your career, but other insurance needs evolve over time. A good example is...
Latest News
Breaking a 10-year streak, the number of uninsured Americans rises
Numbers run in contradiction to lower unemployment rates.
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CVS-Aetna merger approval gets poor review from physicians
Physician groups are raising concerns over the merger of pharmacy chain CVS Health and health insurer Aetna.
Under My Skin
Rules of incivility
Our job, often hard, is to always be civil. Society has zero tolerance for our ever being anything else.
Med Tech Report
Our EHRs have a drug problem
Setting up electronic prescribing of controlled substances in an electronic record can be costly and incredibly time consuming.
Aesthetic Dermatology
Body sculpting, microneedling show strong growth
Dermatologic surgeons performed 7% more cosmetic procedures in 2018 than in 2017.
Conference Coverage
Should you market your aesthetic services to the ‘Me Me Me Generation’?
By 2020, spending by Millennials will account for $1.4 trillion in U.S. retail sales.