Business of Medicine
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Consider climate change in pediatric clinical visits
Practical pearls for how climate issues can affect aspects of a clinical visit and why they matter.
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Three in four U.S. doctors are employed by hospitals, corporate entities: Report
“COVID-19 drove physicians to leave private practice for employment at an even more rapid pace than we’ve seen in recent years.”
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Majority of pandemic pediatric visits managed with telemedicine
Success of telemedicine for acute care concerns in primary care suggests ongoing role for remote visits.
From the Journals
Cancer hospitals often mark up drug prices, ignore price transparency rules
“The total price for an entire treatment course could vary on the order of hundreds of thousands of dollars.”
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Are free lunches back? Docs start seeing drug reps again
“We’re seeing the pandemic evolve the meeting model into a hybrid in-person and virtual.”
Commentary
RaDonda Vaught: Victim, felon, or both?
I believe that Vaught’s criminal case has changed little in the political landscape of caregiving.
Managing Your Practice
Merging small practices
A little planning and negotiation can prevent a lot of grief, regret, and legal expenses in the future.
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Dr. Faith Fitzgerald was dedicated to her patients, students, and friends
She worked as a medical educator, influencing several people interviewed for this story in that role.
The Optimized Doctor
The work after work
Are you a super doer, reluctant doer, admin denier, or admin avoider?
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Med school to pay $1.2 million to students in refunds and debt cancellation in FTC settlement
The school misrepresented the residency match rate as “the same” as American medical schools, according to the complaint.
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Who doesn’t text in 2022? Most state Medicaid programs
As states prepare for the end of the COVID public health emergency, they are making plans to reevaluate each Medicaid enrollee’s eligibility. They...