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Medicare finalizes 2021 physician pay rule with E/M changes
“This finalized policy marks the most significant updates to E/M codes in 30 years, reducing burden on doctors imposed by the coding system and...
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Are more female physicians leaving medicine as pandemic surges?
“I have done the academically unfathomable: I am resigning my faculty position without another job lined up.”
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Patient health suffers amid pandemic health care shortages
More than half of clinician respondents to a survey said they saw a decline in patient health because of delayed or inaccessible care.
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Sharing mental health notes with patients: Differentiating between access and accessibility
To retain their protected status, private psychotherapy notes must be kept separate and apart from the patient chart, say Lt. Col. Charles G. Kels...
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Telepsychiatry poised to thrive after the pandemic
“I think the silver lining of COVID is it led telemedicine past the tipping point,” said Dr. Peter Yellowlees.
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A call to make four telehealth provisions permanent
Dr. Peter Yellowlees said he’d like to see permanent changes in licensing, reimbursement, telephony, and prescribing.
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2020 and the telehealth boom
The APA found that 31% of more than 1,000 U.S. adults had used telehealth services.
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AMA takes on vaccine misinformation, physician vaccines, racism
The AMA House of Delegates recently issued multiple new policies on controversial topics that many clinicians face on a regular basis.
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Dangers of a medical board investigation: How to protect yourself
A medical board investigation can pose a bigger threat than most physicians realize. Here’s what you should do to protect yourself.
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Would it be smart to sell your medical practice now?
“Practice valuations have been lower because many patients have kept away and cash flow has been reduced.”
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Tips for physicians, patients to make the most of the holidays amid COVID
Holidays are often about what we can do for others, but this year we may need to place self-care first, said Dr. Eva Ritvo.