Practice Management
Practice Management Toolbox
Coding and payment changes could hit GIs in 2021
Welcome to the new Practice Management Toolbox.
The AGA Practice Management and Economics Committee (PMEC) is pleased to host...
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CMS plan will incentivize generic drug use
New CMS regulations also address premiums under the Affordable Care Act for 2020.
The New Gastroenterologist
Keys to becoming an effective educator in gastroenterology
It can be daunting to turn tangible skills into verbal instructions for a trainee.
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Cost gap widens between brand-name, generic drugs
Generics represent almost 90% of prescriptions filled in the United States but less than 25% of spending.
Practice Management Toolbox
Implementation of a population-based cirrhosis identification and management system
Our goal was to implement a population-based cirrhosis identification and management system (P-CIMS) to allow identification of all patients with...
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ABIM contests class-action lawsuit, asks judge to dismiss
The plaintiffs are asking a judge to find ABIM in violation of federal antitrust law and to bar the board from continuing its MOC process.
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Workers’ compensation law
Question: Employee, a poorly controlled diabetic, accidentally stepped on a nail at work. Surrounding cellulitis and abscess...
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Malpractice suits are less frequent – but more costly
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Big pharma says it can’t drop drug list prices alone
The problem, they say, is the financial structure of drug delivery that ties list prices and their associated rebates to formulary placement.
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Medicine grapples with COI reporting
“If you want a system that would make it hard to be compliant and easy to mess up, that’s what we have,” said Clifford A. Hudis, MD, CEO of the...