Business of Medicine
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Health sector has spent $464 million on lobbying in 2020
PhRMA leads sector through the third quarter, with the American Hospital Association just behind.
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Frivolous lawsuits: Still a big threat to doctors?
Dr. G, a New York surgeon, was only a couple years into practice when he faced his first lawsuit.
After undergoing ...
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AMA reports a crash in physician revenues, visits over summer
A third of practices reported a revenue drop of 25%-49%; 15% said their volume had fallen by 50%-74%, and 4% saw a decrease of 75% or more.
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HHS extends deadline for patient access to your clinical notes
Government cites the COVID-19 pandemic as the reason for the delay.
From the Journals
Chinese American families suffer discrimination related to COVID-19
In a sample of Chinese American parents and children, reports of racial discrimination during the pandemic were common.
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COVID spikes exacerbate health worker shortages in Rocky Mountains, Great Plains
“One case can take out a whole team of people in a blink of an eye.”
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Twelve end-of-year tax tips: How COVID-19 could lower your tax bite
This year’s financial challenges could lend themselves to a unique tax planning scenario that could potentially benefit physicians as they make...
Perspectives
Is ‘Med Ed’ changing for better or worse?
Becoming a doctor no longer looks like it did just a half-decade ago.
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Patients can read your clinical notes starting Nov. 2
“Open notes” mandates immediate patient access to inpatient and outpatient notes and testing and imaging results.
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Popularity of virtual conferences may mean a permanent shift
Within a half hour of the ACC’s opening session of its virtual conference, nearly 13,000 people had logged on from around the world.
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Outpatient visits rebound for most specialties to pre-COVID-19 levels
Visits began to rise again around Labor Day, but some specialties are still hard hit.