Practice Management
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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.
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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.
Conference Coverage
Type of insurance linked to length of survival after lung surgery
Having public or a combination of public and private insurance was associated with worse 10-year overall survival.
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Malpractice risks for docs who oversee NPs or PAs
Even in states that have abolished requirements that NPs be physician-supervised, physicians may still be liable by virtue of employing the NP.
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Luxe vacations, private jets: Medical device maker, surgeon to pay $46 million penalty in kickback scheme
“In recent years, we are seeing a trend toward holding physicians and others on the receiving end of the inducement accountable as well,”...