Business of Medicine
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Almost half of med practices furloughing staff, one-fifth have layoffs
Commentary
COVID-19 crisis: We must care for ourselves as we care for others
It’s a good time to consider developing plans for maintaining physical, mental, and social health.
Opinion
“I have to watch my bank accounts closely”: a solo practitioner during COVID-19
“I’ve stopped taking a paycheck so I can keep paying [my two staff members], my rent, and the other miscellaneous costs of running an office,”...
Perspectives
Learning about the curve
There is another curve that we will need to concentrate on long after the much yearned for flattening of the death curve has been achieved.
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Most e-consults not followed by specialist visit
The results reflect experts’ positive experiences with e-consults.
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AMA asks HHS for ‘immediate’ aid to ease clinicians’ COVID-19 ‘financial peril’
The AMA and 137 other medical groups outlined a methodology for the federal government to provide payments equal to roughly 1 month’s worth of...
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CMS loosens clinician scope-of-practice, telehealth rules for COVID-19 crisis
In an April 9 announcement, the agency said it will temporarily allow physicians to provide telehealth services across state lines and also...
Shrink Rap News
COVID 19: Confessions of an outpatient psychiatrist during the pandemic
It seems that some glitches would be inevitable. With a sudden shift to videoconferencing in private psychiatric practices, there were bound to be...
Opinion
COVID-19: What now?
With great reluctance, I must trot out a hoary old cliché: Hope for the best, but plan for the worst.
News
Doing things right vs. doing the right things
There has been inconsistent guidance in regard to the containment of COVID-19 within health care systems.
News
Pandemic necessitates new strategies to treat migraine
Insurers should facilitate transitions to new preventive migraine therapies, including anti-CGRP monoclonal antibodies, headache specialists...