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FDA’s Gottlieb floats ideas on Medicare drug coverage
Trump administration officials are eying office-administered drugs in crowded therapeutic categories for the switch from Medicare Part B to...
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.
Law & Medicine
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.
Daily News Podcast
MDedge Daily News: Prostate screening should be by request
And when to suspect asthma misdiagnosis.
News from the FDA/CDC
Zika topped Lyme in 2016
In the race between ticks and mosquitoes, who do you root for: Lyme or Zika?
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.