Practice Management
Feature
Oncology Practice and Lab to Pay $4 Million in Kickback Case
The DOJ claims payments for referring biopsies constituted illegal kickbacks under the Anti-Kickback Statute.
Feature
Prostate Cancer Tsunami Coming, Experts Caution
Expert suggests approaches for enabling earlier diagnosis of prostate cancer in men in low- to middle-income countries.
Feature
Should Opioids Be Used for Chronic Cancer Pain?
Prescribing strategies are partly driven by peer pressure, new research suggests.
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Why Do So Many Doctors Embrace Superstitions and Rituals?
“Rituals and superstitions are an acknowledgment that forces external to ourselves exist.”
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Hospitals Cash In on a Private Equity-Backed Trend: Concierge Physician Care
Membership fee-based care could potentially limit access to doctors, but also allow for better recruitment, say experts.
From the Journals
Physicians Received $12 Billion from Drug, Device Makers in Less Than 10 Years
Industry payments appeared to have been little changed by public reporting in the Open Payments database.
Commentary
A Banned Chemical That Is Still Causing Cancer
This carcinogen ‘is still around: in our soil, in our food, and in our blood.’
Conference Coverage
Money, Ethnicity, and Access Linked to Cervical Cancer Disparities
An online analytic tool provides visual evidence of the geographic and demographic disparities in incident and recurrent/metastatic cervical...
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Time Is Money: Should Physicians Be Compensated for EHR Engagement?
“I think it’s reasonable to consider it being reimbursed because we’re taking our time and effort and making decisions to help the patient.”
From the Journals
Active Surveillance for Cancer Doesn’t Increase Malpractice Risk
Researchers identify malpractice trends involving active surveillance related to thyroid, prostate, kidney, and...
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Understanding and Promoting Compassion in Medicine
Improving compassion may depend on the creation of organizational and clinical conditions in which physician compassion can thrive.