Business of Medicine
Feature
CMS market stabilization efforts useless without subsidies
President Trump has threatened to withhold insurer subsidies in an effort to bring Congressional Democrats to the health care negotiation table....
Conference Coverage
MedPAC: Medicare Part B drug payment cuts, shared savings could save $5 billion
Reducing the amount physicians are paid for drugs administered in their offices and introducing shared savings could save Medicare up to $5...
Conference Coverage
Evidence for medical marijuana largely up in smoke
SAN DIEGO – Despite the popularity of medical marijuana, robust evidence for its use is limited or nonexistent for most medical conditions.
Law & Medicine
Update on the False Claims Act
Battles over implied fraud and competing medical opinions may reshape the risk physicians face in False Claims Act cases.
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What do doctors want from health reform?
With no apparent “repeal and replace” legislation on the table, analysts say the landscape is ripe for repairs to the Affordable Care Act. Doctors...
Conference Coverage
Shelving of AHCA a win for patients, experts say
The decision by House Republicans to withdraw the American Health Care Act was a victory for all Americans, especially older, sicker, and poorer...
Conference Coverage
ABIM turns MOC page with open-book 2-year exams
Beginning in 2018, an open-book option to test every 2 years will be available in ABIM’s maintenance of certification process.
Conference Coverage
Anthony Fauci faces the ‘perpetual challenge’ of emerging infections
SAN DIEGO – NIAID Director Anthony S. Fauci, MD, can say one thing for certain: Emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases in the United States...
Opinion
Do you attend a patient’s funeral?
After 18 years of practice, I have plenty of patients whom I respect and with whom I have a strong or longstanding relationship, but I don’t have...
Feature
Moving or starting a practice? Consider Iowa
The Midwest and West did well in a ranking of the best states to practice medicine. New England and the Mid-Atlantic? Not so much.
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Justice Department joins lawsuit alleging massive Medicare fraud by UnitedHealth
The Justice Department has joined a California whistle-blower’s lawsuit that accuses insurance giant UnitedHealth Group of fraud in its popular...