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Dr. Fernando Stein named president-elect of American Academy of Pediatrics
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Mental health legislative proposals proliferate in Congress
Mental health reform is hot in Congress right now. How might these bills eventually impact your practice?
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AAP: Fluoride varnish is billable and implementable
With fluoride varnish treatments now on the Bright Futures periodicity schedule, reimbursement is attainable.
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Stark Law: More flexibility starting in 2016
Heeding the concerns of physicians, Medicare has relaxed some requirements of the Stark Law through its 2016 fee schedule and created new...
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UnitedHealth warns of marketplace exit: Start of a trend or push for White House action?
Only a month ago, United sounded more optimistic about business on the exchanges. But on Nov. 19, the insurer said it would cut its earnings...
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Law & Medicine: To whom do doctors owe a duty?
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Senate panel targets drug prices during FDA commissioner nomination hearing
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On post-call day, physicians’ reaction time, simple cognitive tasks suffer
If you feel sleepy and out of sorts on a post-call day, compared with a normal work day, you’re not alone.
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Supreme Court agrees to hear ACA contraceptive mandate opt-out challenge
The Supreme Court is again taking up a challenge to the Affordable Care Act – to determine whether a controversial exception under the law’s...
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Small businesses snub Obamacare’s SHOP exchange
Nationally, about 85,000 people, from 11,000 small businesses, have coverage through the online marketplace known as the Small Business Health...
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AMA expands med schools in education consortium
Winning programs cover concepts such as care coordination in accountable care organizations, advanced simulation and telemedicine technologies,...