Practice Management
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How do social determinants of health play out in physician practice?
Documenting and coding social factors in the patient’s health care needs doesn’t necessarily change reimbursement for their care.
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Insurers to pay record number of rebates to patients
Insurers will pay $1.3 billion in medical loss ratio rebates to patients in 2019 based on collected premiums.
For Residents
Supporting our gender-diverse patients
ACOG urges nondiscriminatory practices when it comes to transgender patients’ health. Let us continue speaking up for the rights of all those who...
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CVS-Aetna merger approval gets poor review from physicians
Physician groups are raising concerns over the merger of pharmacy chain CVS Health and health insurer Aetna.
Opinion
Our EHRs have a drug problem
Setting up electronic prescribing of controlled substances in an electronic record can be costly and incredibly time consuming.
Clinical Review
The case for outpatient cervical ripening for IOL at term for low-risk pregnancies
These authors, who share their protocols, have been performing outpatient cervical ripening at their institutions for several...
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Health spending nears $23,000 per family
“Buying a new car every year would be … cheaper than a year’s worth of health care.”
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ObGyn compensation: Strides in the gender wage gap indicate closure possible
While male physicians’ earnings remained stagnant, female physicians’ earnings increased 2%. And if you think the largest cities...
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Unsubsidized enrollees leaving insurance exchanges
CMS’s latest snapshot shows more premiums were paid in February 2019, compared with 2018.
From the Journals
ACP unveils clinical guideline disclosure strategy
Management of conflicts of interest for guidelines writers follows a tiered system and includes regular reviews.
Opinion
Legal duty to nonpatients: Driving accidents
A doctor’s legal duty may be extended to individuals other than patients in limited circumstances.