Practice Management
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Innocent doc sued after 'secret' medical expert says claim has merit
“You never get to determine whether they, in fact, had a certificate reviewer who was legitimate.”
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‘Together, we can demand improvements’: Stanford Health Care’s residents vote to join union
More than 81% of the health system’s resident physicians voted to join the union.
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Docs find new and better ways to cut EHR documentation time
Speech-to-text software is still the most popular solution, but more physicians are now using human scribes, driven by the decisions of some large...
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How old is too old to work as a doctor?
“It’s age discrimination. Physicians receive assessments throughout their careers as part of the accreditation process – there’s no need to change...
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30 years of fake nursing ends with 7-year prison sentence
The sentencing in Ontario stemmed from incidents at a medical and dental clinic in Ottawa last year, which included the administration of...
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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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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.”
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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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New York NPs join half of states with full practice authority
The FPA law expands the scope of practice and “removes unnecessary barriers,” namely an agreement with doctors to oversee NPs’ actions.
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University of Washington, Harvard ranked top medical schools for second year
If you’re looking for a school with significant minority representation, Howard University, in Washington, ranked highest.