Business of Medicine
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Dr. Alexa will see you now: Is Amazon primed to come to your rescue?
Some of Alexa’s new skills depend on a little-understood feature of the devices: They listen to every sound around them.
Conference Coverage
Trained interpreters essential for treating non–English-speaking patients
NEW YORK – Even in a private office setting, failure to engage a trained translator is discouraged.
From the Journals
As patients, physicians fare nearly the same as everyone else
From the Journals
Private equity dermatology: Time for a moratorium?
Private equity acquisition has spiked in dermatology. Until the impact is known, is it time to slow down?
Latest News
MIPS: Nearly all eligible clinicians got a bonus for 2018
Exceeding the performance threshold resulted in a bonus to fee schedule payments in 2018.
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Surprise medical billing legislation advances to the House floor
The bill was amended to include an arbitration process allowing physicians and hospitals to seek higher payments. The amendment was offered by two...
Law & Medicine
Discovery of peer review and patient safety reports
Any given state’s statute on discovery requires careful reading because it could differ from other states’ directives.
Cold Iron Truth
On leadership, keep your powder dry
The old aphorism is a reminder to keep your power or influence in reserve until you really need it.
The Optimized Doctor
The expert trap
If you want to be a better doctor, try working on your sense of self-importance. Remember your limitations and those of medicine.
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Medicare Advantage overbills taxpayers by billions a year as feds struggle to stop it
Some plans overbill the government by exaggerating how sick their members are or by charging Medicare for treatment of serious medical conditions...
Managing Your Practice
Hiring the right employees
Many of the personnel questions I receive concern the dreaded “marginal employee” – a person who has never done anything truly heinous to merit...