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Medicare Pay Equity: How GPCI Kings and Queens Snared a Win

Rural pay rates don't go far in the not-so-big city

Are Medical Scribes Slowing the Development of EHRs?

Scribes take off the pressure to improve them, two experts say

Medical Boards Fail to Punish Docs Who Commit Sexual Misconduct

Most never disciplined by state boards after institutional sanctions

How 'A Stupid Idea' Gave Birth to Telemedicine

It began with a Boston traffic jam ...

From Bedside to Box Office: The Many Roles of Ken Jeong, MD

The doctor-turned-actor plays a doctor in his own TV show

How Urgent Care Clinics are Evolving

Experimenting with new services to help them stand out from the crowd

Is SAMHSA to Blame for a Broken Mental Health System?

Two members of Congress differ on how to fix a failing system

Whistleblower Doctor Warns About Hospitals Hiring Physicians

Florida chain agrees to pay $70 million for "improper relationships"

What鈥檚 The Score On Surgeon Scorecards?

Public reporting of surgeon performance remains a "work in progress"

Teach Patients How to Communicate Symptoms Better

Patients should learn the eight characteristics of a symptom

Doctors Urged to Practice 'Conservative Diagnosis'

And sharing cell phone numbers is a good idea

Patient Registries See Promise and Challenges Ahead

Physician-driven registries adapt to a changing health system

Primary Care: Medicare's 'Wellness Visit' Money Goes Unclaimed

Launched with great fanfare, wellness codes leave docs frustrated

ACR Joins Outcry Against ABIM's MOC Program

Calls it an "overreach" and questions ABIM's financial stewardship

The Birth and Increasingly Troubled Life of Medicare

Fears of "socialized medicine" swept aside, but cost concerns eventually overtake program.

CardioBrief: Dollars for Heart Docs

Analysis of CMS database shows some docs pocketed millions from drug and device makers.

ICD-10: AMA Considers Grace Period to 'Save Docs'

No easy choices for AMA as it mulls next steps

Is Your Employer Making You Liable for False Claims?

A physician says her employer was upcoding her bills without her consent

Op-Ed: How to Rein In Out-of-Control Healthcare Costs

We all know the medical bill horror stories, but now we have to act on them.

Docs Take ABIM to Task at Townhall

Internal medicine leaders get an earful on maintenance of certification.

Teamwork Cuts In-Hospital Observation Time

Lengths of stay cut substantially at one hospital chain.

The Hospital Leader: An Interview With Toronto's Adina Weinerman, MD

What strategies can streamline code status documentation?

10 Questions: Mary Norine Walsh, MD

"The waste will continue until the method of reimbursement changes."

Sinking Pediatric Practice Afloat After 51成人动漫 Profile

Sometimes an article is worth $97,000 (in back pay).

Concierge Medicine Firm Found Liable for Doctor's Negligence

Believed to be the first-ever judgment against a concierge organization.

Friday Feedback: When Grief Turns Violent

How should clinicians know and react when family members blame them for adverse outcomes?

When Docs Sue Their Own Hospital

At issue: who has authority to hire, fire, and discipline staff physicians.

10 Ways Primary Care Practices Can Improve Care

High quality care and cost-cutting aren't mutually exclusive.

The 65-Minute Minute Clinic

CVS needs to reconsider its walk-in clinic business model.

I-PASS Handoff System Leads to Decline in Medical Errors

Mnemonic device helps for oral and written handoffs.

The Happy PCP: $400K/Yr and Home in Time for Dinner

Primary care doc earns a specialist's income without working overtime.

Excerpt From 'Being Mortal ... '

Ivan Ilyich isn't as foreign to today's medicine as we imagine.

MOC Watch: Debunking ABIM Pass Rate Myths

In this guest post, the American Board of Internal Medicine explains what determines pass rates for the Maintenance of Certification exam.

Doctor's Memoir Exposes Dark Side of Medicine

Sandeep Jauhar puts his life on stark display to illustrate harmful financial intrusions into medicine in his newest book.

Doctors' Spouses: What's Not to Like?

When it comes to domestic life for physicians, things have changed since an oversexed and gory 1971 film with Gene Hackman called "Doctors' Wives" featured as one of its taglines, "Doctors' wives have everything. Except husbands."

Derms Want NP/PA Practice Limits

NPs and PAs who bill Medicaid as independent practitioners are more likely to bill for a dermatology visit than for any other office-based service -- so much so that in 2012, 55% of their Medicaid billings were for derm codes, to which dermatologists claim scope of practice violations.

Now What? DEA Tosses Tramadol in Schedule IV

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) scheduled tramadol as a Schedule IV substance -- whats the big fuss about tramadol that led to this decision by the DEA?

Learning How to Deal With Egos

Managing physicians need to take egos -- including their own -- into account when resolving conflicts among staff, says consultant Rosemarie Nelson.

AMA Agrees to Recharge Advocacy

CHICAGO -- The AMA will bolster their political advocacy efforts, recognize presurgical transgender birth certificates, and support insurance to cover young pregnant women and newborns, their House of Delegates voted here.

AMA Mulls Gun Violence CME

CHICAGO -- As the AMA's House of Delegates was meeting in a downtown hotel here, 29 local residents were shot and four killed within a 10-mile radius.

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