Business of Medicine
Opinion
Speaking in code
How well do you think billing codes work?
Med Tech Report
Breaking down blockchain: How this novel technology will unfetter health care
One evening in 2016, my 9-year-old son suggested we use Bitcoin to purchase something on the Microsoft Xbox store.
Opinion
Medical ethics and economics
It’s up to physicians to build an ethical wall between interests in clinical research.
From the Journals
Anxiety, depression, burnout higher in physician mothers caring for others at home
While the study did not examine physician fathers, caring for someone with a major illness or disability more frequently falls to women.
News from the FDA/CDC
Flu activity increases after 2 weeks of declines
The number of states in the high range doubled from the previous week.
Latest News
Drug-pricing policies find new momentum as ‘a 2020 thing’
Spurred on by midterm election results that showed health care to be a deciding issue, lawmakers are pushing a bevy of new proposals and...
News
Useful financial and efficiency advice to practices is hard to come by
Feature
Survey: Americans support Medicare for all
More than two-thirds of Republicans backed a plan to extend Medicare to those aged 50-64 years.
Latest News
Trump zeroes in on surprise medical bills in White House chat with patients, experts
President Trump has instructed administration officials to investigate how to prevent surprise medical bills, broadening his focus on drug prices...
Livin' on the MDedge
Gametes for back pain, Alice in Wonderland syndrome, and liver-saving beer
And why patients are more likely to know their bank balance than their blood type.
Latest News
Revised ACA premium calculator could up uninsured rate
But the CMS says the proposed change would lower premiums and lighten regulatory burdens.