Business of Medicine
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Health IT: Cybercrime risks are real
Feds offer six-point plan for increasing cybersecurity in medicine
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Malpractice reform: House passes bill to cap damages
Doctors, malpractice insurers back the legislation.
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Docs still don’t get MACRA
Just 1 in 10 said they were deeply knowledgeable about the value-based payment plam.
From the Journals
Medicaid expansion produced opposing cost effects
Did the states that expanded enrollment in 2014 spend more or less?
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Poll: Most voters oppose House and Senate health care bills
June polling shows little backing for provisions in the GOP reform bills.
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CBO: Senate health care proposal marginally better than House-passed bill
Even with some improvements over the House bill, BCRA looks to do more harm than good.
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Supreme Court allows partial travel ban to proceed
Order gives some relief to foreign physicians, medical students.
Conference Coverage
Biosimilar immunogenicity studies produce no surprises
MADRID – Biosimilar adalimumab and etanercept are no more immunogenic than their reference counterparts.
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Follow five tips to mitigate opioid prescribing risks
Here’s how well-meaning doctors can avoid coming under government scrutiny for prescribing opioids and manage investigations and audits...
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Senate health care proposal already facing uphill battle
Without support from all GOP senators, the plan as written could be DOA.
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For opioid-related hospitalizations, men and women are equal
The gender gap increased in emergency department visits.