Business of Medicine
Managing Your Practice
Firing patients
As with pretty much everything in a private practice, accurate and written documentation of dismissible behavior is essential.
Commentary
Should we upend health care? Yes! (But how?)
As health care leaders, we must take responsibility for our role in creating the current health care system.
Feature
Prior authorization an increasing burden
Insurers are not following the 2018 consensus statement on improving the prior authorization process, the AMA says.
Opinion
Prior authorization revisited: An update from the APA
Dr. Dinah Miller says she often refers to the GoodRx app when prescribing medications that might be expensive at one pharmacy but not another.
Feature
For FPs, 2018 was a big year for generating hospital revenue
An average of $2.11 million of revenue generated per family physician was a new high for the specialty.
News from the FDA/CDC
Flu activity down for a second straight week
A similar 2-week decline occurred at the beginning of January.
News
Scott Gottlieb to step down as FDA commissioner
Scott Gottlieb, MD, will be stepping down from his post as commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration in about a month.
From the Journals
Groups of physicians produce more accurate diagnoses than individuals
Diagnostic accuracy is highest in groups of physicians, compared with individuals and even specialists.
Feature
Drug pricing does not inspire Americans’ trust
Pharmaceutical companies are trusted to create new drugs but not to price them fairly, survey shows.
News from the FDA/CDC
Measles cases jumped 30% last week
2019 shaping up to be a big year as U.S. total hits 206 cases.
Med Tech Report
Who is in charge here?
Smartphone apps can add twists to diagnoses.