Business of Medicine
Livin' on the MDedge
Medical-level empathy? Yup, ChatGPT can fake that
Plus: Fishy sperm, an even more fishy sperm donor, and aviation-related sleep deserts.
Letters from Maine
A clash of expectations
What is a pediatrician? More specifically, what is the role of a primary care pediatrician?
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New ABIM fees to stay listed as ‘board certified’ irk physicians
Responses to the policy on Twitter included accusations of extortion and denunciations of the ABIM’s “money grab policies.”
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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.
Feature
Five chronic mistakes that can sabotage your medical practice
Although she says there are no hard and fast rules on how to run a thriving medical group, there are common mistakes that physicians often don’t...
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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?
Behavioral Consult
Addressing the new mortality: Counseling on lethal means
It is now unfortunately an essential primary care skill to have nuanced conversations about reducing access to and use of deadly weapons (lethal...
Letters from Maine
Time to rebuild