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Trump administration to focus on ACA reform, tort reform
Look for three things from the Trump administration: significant changes to the Affordable Care Act, few changes to MACRA’s Quality Payment...
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Serious mental illness gets serious attention in 21st Century Cures Act
WASHINGTON – While the mental health care reforms in the 21st Century Cures Act are intended to broadly impact mental health care, they originate...
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Senate sends 21st Century Cures bill to president
With little debate and less dissent, the Senate passed the 21st Century Cures bill and sent it to President Obama for his promised signature.
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Prescribing the landmark hemangioma drug: The challenges and the benefits
For pediatric dermatologist Beth Drolet, MD, the tremendous impact oral propranolol has had on the treatment of severe infantile hemangioma is...
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Experts share tips on minimizing the trauma of skin biopsy in children
DVDs, iPads, toys, “sweeties” to suck on, buffered lidocaine, and a distracting “angel’s pinch” are just a few of the strategies that...
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Trump HHS nominee could curb regulations, reshape health insurance
Tom Price is an orthopedic surgeon who’s spent 12 years in the House of Representatives. His record demonstrates that he opposes the ACA, supports...
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House passes 21st Century Cures bill
H.R. 34 gained more support on the House floor than did a last year’s bill. To gain that support and ensure Senate approval, funding for key...
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Slavitt to Trump administration: Keep the CMS Innovation Center
WASHINGTON – The transition from volume-based payment to value-based payment “can’t work as well without a CMS Innovation Center that can move...
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Texas reports local Zika transmission
On Nov. 28, public health officials reported a case of Zika virus in a Brownsville woman who hadn’t traveled to Mexico or any other area with...
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Fighting back against psoriasis bullies
Dallas dermatologist Alan Menter, MD, doesn’t boast bullying-prevention superpowers, but what he does have is close enough: An eagerness to get...
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View of medical cannabis in psychiatry may be changing
The debate over the value of medical cannabis for mental illness is layered and nuanced, psychiatrists say.