Practice Management
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Would it be smart to sell your medical practice now?
“Practice valuations have been lower because many patients have kept away and cash flow has been reduced.”
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Painful ethical choices in 2020 vs. 2010: How has thinking changed?
Several of the questions in the survey revolved around end-of-life decisions.
Clinical Insights
Using telehealth to deliver palliative care to cancer patients
Dr. Alan Lyss discusses the use of telehealth for palliative cancer care, including results from the REACH PC trial.
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Open enrollment 2021: A big start for HealthCare.gov
The number of plans selected on the federal exchange during week 1 exceeds the adjusted figure for last year.
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Biden plan to lower Medicare eligibility age to 60 faces hostility from hospitals
“Hospitals are very aware about generous commercial rates being replaced by lower Medicare rates.”
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Trump could clean house at health agencies
Most of the president’s ire has been directed at Fauci. As far back as April, Trump retweeted a call for Fauci’s firing.
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What to know as ACA heads to Supreme Court – again
There is a long list of ways this could play out.
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Biden victory: What it means for COVID, health care
Biden’s agenda includes: Ramping up the federal response to COVID-19, boosting the Affordable Care Act, creating a new “public option” to cover...
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Primary care journals address systemic racism in medicine
Each family medicine publication plans to implement different changes.
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Twelve medical groups pen letter opposing UHC copay accumulator program
“We see policies like this as sacrificing patients to the battle over high drug prices,” said Dr. Christopher Phillips.
Conference Coverage
Family planning issues loom large for female radiation oncologists
Nearly three-quarters of survey respondents said their career choice strongly influenced when they started or planned to start their family.