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Health Should Be a Bigger Focus at the GOP Convention Than It Will Be, Lawmaker Says

"I wish it was the centerpiece of everything we're talking about," says Rep. Rich McCormick, MD

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Devaluing Our Residents Is Not Without Consequences

Let's take better care of our young medical workforce

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Let's Make Primary Care a Primary Focus

We must ease paperwork burdens on our specialty and make it more attractive to future physicians

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Healthcare AI Is an Exciting Frontier 鈥� But Don't Forget About Equitable Development

Unequal access threatens to worsen disparities

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Smartphone App Decreased Distracted Driving and Other Noteworthy Studies This Week

This piece is devoted to four exceptional papers in JAMA Network Open

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What Can Be Done About Medical Debt?

Senators, witnesses mull solutions ranging from more competition to Medicare for All

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Doc Shot By Police; Doc Spent Embezzled Funds on Doggy Daycare; Joyner Suit Update

A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts

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CMS Proposes 2.8% Cut to Medicare Physician Fees for 2025

One group calls proposal "critically short-sighted"

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CPT Code for Prior Authorization May Still Happen -- Eventually

Proposal would cover more than existing codes for limited situations

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Rocky Mountain High

What did I find at the Aspen Ideas Festival? A lot of inspiration and hope

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Nurse's Death Under Investigation; Acquittal for Doc Accused of Killing Patients

A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts

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The Rise of Employee Stock Ownership Plans in Healthcare

A new path for physician practice ownership

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Physician Burnout Rate Drops; Tattoo Ink Contamination; Dengue Fever in Florida

Health news and commentary gathered by 木瓜直播 staff

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Screening Mammography Performance Improved, Workload Decreased With AI Assistance

How European data play out in U.S. mammography environment remains to be seen

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The Concierge Catch: Better Access for a Few Patients Disrupts Care for Many

As PCPs convert to concierge medicine, patients who can't afford it need to find a new physician

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Louisiana Limits Scope of Noncompetes for Physicians

New legal restrictions go into effect for all physician contracts starting in January

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Why Is Doctor Pay Decreasing and What Can We Do About It?

It's time to take back control of our profession

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DOJ Charges Dozens of Doctors, NPs in $2.7 Billion Healthcare Fraud Crackdown

76 medical professionals among the nearly 200 charged

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CMS Needs to Do a Better Job With Value-Based Care, Experts Tell House Panel

The program has "gotten off track and needs a thorough reevaluation and reformulation," doc says

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Even in the Wake of the Rahimi Case, Domestic Violence Still Threatens Our Patients

We need to dispel myths about abuse and better educate physicians on this danger

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Doc Accused of Stealing Ambulance; Telehealth Nurse Arrested; Heart Surgery Scandal

A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts

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Eyes Off the Prize: Prior Auth Snags Force Delays in Ocular Treatment

While insurers rarely reject requests, they can take weeks to approve anti-VEGF injections

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SCOTUS Sides With Biden; Princess Anne Update; Physician Consults by Hologram

Health news and commentary gathered by 木瓜直播 staff

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AI Helps Predict Dementia Using Speech Patterns

Voice recordings may spot who's likely to progress to Alzheimer's dementia in 6 years

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Telehealth for Medication Abortion Worked as Well as In-Person Visit With Ultrasound

Strategies were equally effective, with low rates of serious adverse events

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U.S. Hospitals Prone to Cyberattacks Like the One at Ascension, Experts Say

Clinicians describe harrowing lapses

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Health Groups Have High Hopes for the Latest Prior Authorization Bill

"We believe the bill is poised for adoption this year," said one expert

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Medicare Pay, Prior Auth, and More: A Q&A With the AMA's President-Elect

Bobby Mukkamala, MD, also says he wants to improve medical record interoperability

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AI Just Permanently Changed My Medical Practice 鈥� for the Better

An app helped free up my time by assisting with medical charting in a big way

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Man Sentenced for Defrauding Doctor; Nurse Gets Probation for Storming U.S. Capitol

A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts

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Nurses in Oregon Take to the Picket Lines to Demand Better Staffing, Higher Pay

Thousands spent second day striking

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The Artificially Intelligent Physician

Envisioning the role of an AI doctor from sci-fi accounts is intriguing, if not alarming

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Fix What's Broken in Healthcare Is New AMA President's Priority

That includes raising Medicare reimbursement and lessening prior authorization, says Bruce Scott

Health System Eliminates Noncompetes for Primary Care Physicians

Policy change follows new rules from state and federal players

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Two Tries and We're Done? I Don't Think So.

We need to work harder to ensure that patient referrals actually go through

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SpA Patients Do Just Fine Managing Their Own Follow-Up Care

Randomized trial suggests usual practice is wasteful

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Is Your Patient Portal Making You Too Available?

Give your patients an option that works for everyone

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CDC Warns of Risks for ADHD Patients After Disruption of Online Adderall Prescriber

Agency advises users of telehealth platform Done Global to find a new provider

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Increase $$ for Physicians, Institute Site-Neutral Payment, MedPAC Report Suggests

Inadequate payments could force some docs to stop accepting Medicare patients, commission warns

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AI System Beats Radiologists in Detecting Clinically Significant Prostate Cancer

AI detected 6.8% more clinically significant cancers, 20% fewer indolent cancers

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