Business of Medicine
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Navigating the Oncology Care Model
Dr. Sameer Mahesh offers a community oncology perspective on improving care while cutting costs in the Oncology Care Model.
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Gaps exist in rotavirus vaccination coverage in young U.S. children
Twenty-nine percent of U.S. children under age 36 months likely are not fully vaccinated against rotavirus vaccine.
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Report: Part B funds stable, hospital trust running out
Annual report shows Medicare’s Part B trust fund is secure, while Medicare’s Part A trust fund will deplete in 7 years.
Conference Coverage
Misleading information, reimbursement among the barriers to teledermatology progress
WASHINGTON – Apps can provide misleading information that can lead users “down a wrong diagnostic pathway.”
Conference Coverage
CMS pushing primary care with two new payment models
“These models are intended to allow clinicians to focus on patient care, not billing, and to do what they’ve been trained to do,” CMS chief Seema...
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U.S. measles cases nearing postelimination-era high
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Malpractice: Diagnostic errors top allegation involving children
Obstetricians, pediatricians, and orthopedic surgeons most often named in pediatric malpractice claims.
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Mortality rates higher in affiliates, compared with top-ranked hospitals
Complex cancer surgery at an affiliate hospital is associated with higher mortality rates, compared with surgery undertaken at the top-ranked...
FDA/CDC
FDA chief calls for release of all data tracking problems with medical devices
The FDA is “realizing that physicians who couldn’t see this data before were using devices that they wouldn’t have used if they had this data in...
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Gender wage gap varies by specialty
Average earnings for women and men in 2018 were closest for hematology.