Practice Management
Commentary
Two more and counting: Suicide in medical trainees
Dr. Michael F. Myers offers context for the latest discussions about physician suicides and calls on the medical community to act now.
Opinion
How to harness value-based care codes
Medicare’s newest value-based revenue opportunities work best within an ACO structure.
News
Patients who record office visits
Is it legal for patients to record conversations with physicians without physicians’ knowledge?
Feature
White House pushes transparency in drug price plan
American Patients First aims to bring the cost conversation into the exam room, as well as to cut out the middleman in the pharmaceutical economy...
News
New Medicare cards
The switch began on April 1, and is expected to take about a year as the CMS processes about half a dozen states at a time.
Daily News Podcast
MDedge Daily News: Do HPV vaccines really cut cancer risk?
And Zika's had a costly effect on blood donor screening.
Feature
White House targets CHIP, CMMI for budget cuts
Rare tactic would require just a simple majority to pass Congress, if legislators choose to address it.
Latest News
Annual ob.gyn. visit a ‘powerful opportunity’ to talk heart health
Women are at greater risk than men are of cardiovascular mortality, ACOG and the AHA note in a newly published joint advisory.
Daily News Podcast
MDedge Daily News: Research reveals surprises in mental health and gun violence
And there’s a new FDA approval for multiple myeloma.
Feature
Uninsured rate on the rise
New survey shows that Medicaid expansion lessened the effect.
Feature
HHS says no to lifetime limits on Medicaid
The Trump administration’s promise of unprecedented flexibility to states in running their Medicaid programs hit its limit on May 7.