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State medical board chair steps down amid Medicaid fraud accusations
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- John McCormack
State officials have suspended all Medicaid payments to Dr. Brian T. Hyatt and his practice.
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Washington medical board charges doctor with spreading COVID misinformation
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- John McCormack
Doctors and professional organizations are trying to protect patients from any harm that results from mistruths spread by colleagues.
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Job market for physicians, advanced practitioners rebounds after COVID-19 slump: Report
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- John McCormack
“The pendulum has gone all the way back. People are more interested in going out and seeing their physicians.”
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Advancing digital health care past pandemic-driven telemedicine
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- John McCormack
A panel discussion at a recent American Telemedicine Association conference zeroed in on the need to optimize digital health tools to meet...
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Administrative hassle hacks: Strategies to curb physician stress
- Author:
- John McCormack
There’s no doubt work life is stressful for physicians, but experts speaking at the American Telemedicine Association conference say there are...
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Spell it out: Writing out common medical terms boosts patient understanding, says study
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- John McCormack
Research published in JAMA Network Open shows that patients are more likely to understand their conditions when health care providers avoid...
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COVID drove telehealth forward in high gear: Now what?
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- John McCormack
Experts speaking at the American Telemedicine Association conference focused on how investment in telehealth spiked during the pandemic and what...
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‘It’s about transparency’: Indiana law prohibits misleading medical titles
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- John McCormack
“The threat to patient safety comes by nonphysicians marketing themselves in a way that is confusing to patients.
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Physicians beware: Feds start tracking information-blocking claims
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- John McCormack
Industry leaders are advising health care providers to brush up on compliance.