Business of Medicine
Conference Coverage
HHS Secretary Price promises reduced health IT burden for physicians
WASHINGTON – Simplifying federal regulations around EHR interoperability is crucial as well.
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GOP health reform: Essential health benefits, community rating under fire
Republicans are taking a second run at the plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.
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Drugmakers Dramatically Boosted Lobbying Spending In Trump’s First Quarter
Pharmaceutical companies are “going all in” to fight reduced drug prices and other opposition in Washington.
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Science advocates take to D.C. streets in March for Science
WASHINGTON – Doctors, scientists, and advocates came together to demonstarte against the Trump administration’s proposed cuts to science agencies...
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VIDEO: Geeks brave rain to March for Science
WASHINGTON – Peaceful demostrators in hundreds of cities around the globe gathered on Earth Day, April 22, to back evidence-based policies and...
From the Journals
EHR price alert doesn’t reduce lab orders
There are better ways to meet the goals of price transparency.
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As some holdout states revisit Medicaid expansion, new data show it pays off
Although the GOP-controlled Congress is pledging its continued interest – despite stalls and snags – in dismantling Obamacare, some “red state”...
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Medicaid reform: Work-based waivers may not fly
High mandatory premiums, cost sharing, lifetime limits, drug testing move Medicaid from a health care program to a work program, advocates argue...
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CMS market stabilization efforts useless without subsidies
President Trump has threatened to withhold insurer subsidies in an effort to bring Congressional Democrats to the health care negotiation table....
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Senate committee moves Gorsuch nomination forward
The Senate Committee on the Judiciary approved Judge Gorsuch’s nomination by a 11-9 vote.
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What do doctors want from health reform?
With no apparent “repeal and replace” legislation on the table, analysts say the landscape is ripe for repairs to the Affordable Care Act. Doctors...