Practice Management
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Five ways docs may qualify for discounts on medical malpractice premiums
Most states cap discounts at 25%, but some go as high as 70%.
From the Journals
Study shows higher obesity-related cancer mortality in areas with more fast food
An ecologic study showed a dose-response relationship among measures of food swamp and food desert scores and obesity-related cancer mortality.
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Proposed Medicare bill would raise docs’ pay with inflation
The legislation is essential to enabling physician practices to better absorb payment distributions triggered by budget neutrality rules,...
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Surgeons, intensivists earn more than do colleagues from private insurance
On average, physicians in 18 specialties netted $1.9 million a year, according to a new AMN Healthcare report.
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CMS inpatient payment rule for 2024: Key takeaways
Many of the changes centered around improving health equity and quality as well as alleviating rural clinician shortages.
Conference Coverage
AI predicts endometrial cancer recurrence
Model uses only digitized histopathology slides, but more validation in other populations is needed.
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Physicians may retire en masse soon. What does that mean for medicine?
“It’s a significant concern in terms of whether we have an adequate supply of physicians in the U.S. to meet our nation’s medical care needs....
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Physician compensation continues to climb amid postpandemic change
Gender-based pay disparity among primary care physicians shrank, and the number of physicians who declined to take new Medicare patients rose.
Perspectives
Health care in America: Let that tapeworm grow
Might it still be possible to do well while doing good?
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New Medicare rule streamlines prior authorization in Medicare Advantage plans
About 13% of prior authorization requests that are denied by Medicare Advantage plans actually met Medicare coverage rules.
From the Journals
Outpatient costs top drug costs in some insured, working women with breast cancer
‘Women think they are insured until they get a diagnosis,’ says the author of a new paper.