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ACP recommends ways to address rising drug prices
One of the College’s suggestions is for the Medicare Part D low-income subsidy program to be modified.
The Optimized Doctor
‘Tis the season to reflect and take stock
It is a beautiful, hard, and joyous life we have as physicians.
Law & Medicine
Office of Inspector General
Health care fraud, waste, and abuse consume some 10% of federal health expenditures.
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Letters From Maine: An albatross or your identity?
There are better ways evaluate hearts and lungs and many of them will fit in my pocket just as well as that old stethoscope.
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Drug spending driving up Part B premiums and deductibles
“These higher costs have a ripple effect and result in higher Part B premiums and deductibles.”
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DACA lands before Supreme Court
Physician organizations argue that access to health care would be demeaned if DACA-affected doctors and trainees were forced to leave the United...
Managing Your Practice
Long-term care insurance
To be sure, there is considerable debate about whether LTCI is worth the cost.
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Medicare beneficiaries pay most for Alzheimer’s
Long-term care takes a toll on beneficiaries with Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease.
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Court strikes down Trump’s conscience rule
The measure would have allowed clinicians to refuse to provide medical care to patients for religious or moral reasons.
From the Journals
Student vapers make mint the most popular Juul flavor
Bans that don’t include mint may not be “optimal strategies for reducing youth e-cigarette use.”
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MIPS, E/M changes highlight 2020 Medicare fee schedule
Coding and administrative changes should save clinicians 2.3 million hours per year, according to CMS.